Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/garu

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 Proto-Germanic *garwaz.

Adjective

*garu

1. ready, prepared

Inflection

wa-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*garu
Genitive	*garwas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*garu	*garu	*garu
Accusative	*garwanā	*garwā	*garu
Genitive	*garwas	*garweʀā	*garwas
Dative	*garumē	*garweʀē	*garumē
Instrumental	*garu	*garweʀu	*garu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*garwē	*garwō	*garu
Accusative	*garwā	*garwā	*garu
Genitive	*garweʀō	*garweʀō	*garweʀō
Dative	*garwēm, *garum	*garwēm, *garum	*garwēm, *garum
Instrumental	*garwēm, *garum	*garwēm, *garum	*garwēm, *garum

Derived terms

• *garwijan

Descendants

• Old English: ġearu, ġearo
  • Middle English: ȝare, yare
    • Scots: yare
    • English: yare, yar
• Old Frisian: *gar, *jer
  • Saterland Frisian: goar
• Old Saxon: garo, garu
  • Middle Low German: gāre, gār
    • German Low German: gaar
• Old Dutch: garo
  • Middle Dutch: gāer
    • Dutch: gaar (“cooked, done”)
      • Afrikaans: gaar
• Old High German: garo, karo
  • Middle High German: gare, gar
    • German: gar (“cooked, done”)
    • Luxembourgish: guer