Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/edaraz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *eduraz

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *odrъ (“bed”). Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁odʰ-.

Noun

*edaraz m

1. enclosure; shelter
2. border, edge, rim

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *edaraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*edaraz	*edarōz, *edarōs
vocative	*edar	*edarōz, *edarōs
accusative	*edarą	*edaranz
genitive	*edaras, *edaris	*edarǫ̂
dative	*edarai	*edaramaz
instrumental	*edarō	*edaramiz

Descendants

• Old English: edor, eodor
  • Middle English: *eder, ȝeddyr, yedder
    • English: edder
    • Scots: edder, yether
• Old High German: etar
• Old Norse: jaðarr
  • Icelandic: jaðar m
  • Faroese: jaðar m, jaðari m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jadar m, jar (jâr) m, jare m, Jæren m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jare m
  • Old Swedish: iæþur, iadher
    • Swedish: jäder c (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: jæder
    • Danish: jæder