*hē₂r

Runic: ᚺᛖᚱ Pronunciation: /ˈxeːr/

adverb

Meanings

here, in this place

Etymology

From *hiz (‘this’) + *-r (‘locative suffix’). There is compensatory lengthening of the vowel after loss of /z/ before /r/ by rhotacism, but the origin of the e₂-vowel is not known.

Dunkel tentatively derives from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéh₁ (‘in this way; here, there’) (as in Lesbian Greek κῆ (kê, ‘there’)) + *-r.

Descendants

  • *hēr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hiera, hier (Old Dutch)
      • hier (Middle Dutch)
        • hier, hie, heej (Limburgish)
  • *hēr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hiera, hier (Old Dutch)
      • hier (Middle Dutch)
        • hier, her (Dutch)
          • hier (Afrikaans)
  • *hēr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hēr, ᚻᛖᚱ (her) (Old English)
      • her, here, heer (Middle English)
        • here (English)
        • her, here (Scots)
  • *hēr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hīr (Old Frisian)
      • hier (Saterland Frisian)
      • hjir (West Frisian)
  • *hēr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hie, hier (Old High German)
      • hie (Middle High German)
        • hie (Alemannic German)
        • hia (Bavarian)
        • hee, hie (Central Franconian)
        • hie (German)
        • hei (Luxembourgish)
  • *hēr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hie, hier (Old High German)
      • hier (Middle High German)
        • hier (German)
  • *hēr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hēr, hīr (Old Saxon)
      • hêr, hîr, hîre (Middle Low German)
        • hier (Low German)
        • hia, häa (Plautdietsch)
  • hér (Old Norse)
    • her (Danish)
    • jär (Elfdalian)
    • her (Faroese)
    • hjär, hjä (Gutnish)
    • hér (Icelandic)
    • her (Norwegian)
  • hér (Old Norse)
    • hær, hiær (Old Swedish)
      • här, héer, hera (Swedish)
  • 𐌷𐌴𐍂 (hēr) (Gothic)

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