Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/herut

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *herutaz.

Noun

*herut m

1. deer, stag

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*herut
Genitive	*herutas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*herut	*herutō, *herutōs
Accusative	*herut	*herutā
Genitive	*herutas	*herutō
Dative	*herutē	*herutum
Instrumental	*herutu	*herutum

Descendants

• Old English: heorot, heorut, heort
  • Middle English: hert, harte, hartt, heert, heort
    • English: hart
    • Scots: hert
• Old Frisian: hert
  • Saterland Frisian: Hart
  • West Frisian: hart
• Old Saxon: hirut, hirot
  • Middle Low German: herte, harte
    • ⇒ German Low German: Hartbuck
• Old Dutch: hirut
  • Middle Dutch: hert, hēert
    • Dutch: hert
      • Afrikaans: hert
    • Limburgish: hèrtj
• Old High German: hiruz, hirz
  • Middle High German: hirz
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: hirsch

      Mòcheno: hirsch

    • German: Hirsch
      • → Luxembourgish: Hirsch
      • → North Frisian: hirsk
      • → Plautdietsch: Hersch
      • → Saterland Frisian: Hirsk
    • Luxembourgish: Hierz (archaic)
    • Yiddish: הירש (hirsh)