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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/airist

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 *airi (“early”) +‎ *-ist.

Adjective

*airist[1]

  1. superlative degree of *airi (“early”): earliest; first, foremost
    Synonym: *frumō

Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *airist
Genitive *airistas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *airist *airistu *airist
Accusative *airistanā *airistā *airist
Genitive *airistas *airisteʀā *airistas
Dative *airistumē *airisteʀē *airistumē
Instrumental *airistu *airisteʀu *airistu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *airistē *airistō *airistu
Accusative *airistā *airistā *airistu
Genitive *airisteʀō *airisteʀō *airisteʀō
Dative *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum
Instrumental *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum *airistēm, *airistum

Usage notes

This word is not directly the superlative of any other term. Instead, various adjectival formations are used to express the positive degree.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “erst”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 186: “wg. *airista-”
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