*harpǭ

Runic: ᚺᚨᚱᛈᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑr.pɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

harp (plucked string instrument)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb- (‘to turn, bend, shrink, rotate, touch, attack’), from *(s)ker- (‘to turn; bend’). Compare Proto-Germanic *hrapōną (‘to touch; strum’); note also Latin corbis (‘basket’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	harpǭ	harpōniz
Acc.	harpōnų	harpōnunz
Gen.	harpōniz	harpōnǫ̂
Dat.	harpōni	harpōmaz
Inst.	harpōnē	harpōmiz
Voc.	harpǭ	harpōniz

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Descendants

*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- harpa (Late Latin)
*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- harpa (Old Dutch)
  - harpe, herpe (Middle Dutch)
    - harp (Dutch)
      - harp (Afrikaans)
*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- hearpe (Old English)
  - harpe (Middle English)
    - harp (English)
    - harpe, herp, hairp (Scots)
*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *herpe (Old Frisian)
  - harpe, harp (West Frisian)
*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- harfa, *harpha (Old High German)
  - harfa (Czech)
  - а́рфа (árfa) (Russian)
  - hȃrfa, ха̑рфа (Serbo-Croatian)
  - harfa (Slovak)
  - harfa (Slovene)
  - а́рфа (árfa) (Ukrainian)
*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- harfa, *harpha (Old High German)
  - harfe, harpfe (Middle High German)
    - Harpfn (Bavarian)
    - harfa, arfa (Kashubian)
    - Harf (Luxembourgish)
    - arfa (Old Polish)
    - Haf, Harf (Rhine Franconian)
*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- harfa, *harpha (Old High German)
  - harfe, harpfe (Middle High German)
    - Harfe, Harpfe (German)
      - Harfe (Saterland Frisian)
*harpā (Proto-West Germanic)
- harpa (Old Saxon)
  - harpe (Middle Low German)
    - Harp (Low German)
    - Hoap (Plautdietsch)
harpa (Old Norse)
- harpe (Danish)
- arpa (Elfdalian)
- harpa, hørpa (Faroese)
- harpa (Icelandic)
- harpa (Norn)
- harpe (Norwegian)
harpa (Old Norse)
- harpa (Old Swedish)
  - harpa (Swedish)

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