Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ars

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.

From Proto-Germanic *arsaz.

*ars m

1. arse, anus, buttocks

• Old English: ears, ærs
  • Middle English: ars, arce, ers, eres, hars, hers, aars
    • English: arse, ass
    • Scots: ers, airse
• Old Frisian: ers
  • Saterland Frisian: Iers
  • West Frisian: ears
• Old Saxon: ars
  • Middle Low German: ars
    • Dutch Low Saxon: ars, ors
    • German Low German: Aars
    • ⇒ by rebracketing:
      • Dutch Low Saxon: nors, mors
      • German Low German: Maars, Moors, Narsch, Närsch, Närs

        Plautdietsch: Noasch

• Old Dutch: *ars
  • Middle Dutch: āers
    • Dutch: aars
      • Afrikaans: aars
• Old High German: ars
  • Middle High German: ars
    • Bavarian: Oasch
    • Cimbrian: aars
    • German: Arsch
    • Hunsrik: Aarsch
    • Luxembourgish: Aasch
    • Pennsylvania German: Aarsch