"ōfer" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

See ōfer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *ōferaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₁-per-o-s, from *h₂éh₁ (“to, at”) + *per- (“beyond, across”) + *-os, (whence Ancient Greek πέρας (péras, “end, boundary”)) + *-os. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”), and possibly Old Armenian ափն (apʻn, “edge; shore”). Etymology templates: {{root|gmw-pro|ine-pro|*per-}}, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro||*ōferaz}} Proto-Germanic *ōferaz, {{inh|gmw-pro|ine-pro||*h₂éh₁-per-o-s}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éh₁-per-o-s, {{af|ine-pro|*h₂éd|*per-|*-os|alt1=*h₂éh₁|nocat=1|t1=to, at|t2=beyond, across}} *h₂éh₁ (“to, at”) + *per- (“beyond, across”) + *-os, {{cog|grc|πέρας|t=end, boundary}} Ancient Greek πέρας (péras, “end, boundary”), {{cog|grc|ἤπειρος|t=mainland}} Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “mainland”), {{cog|xcl|ափն|t=edge; shore}} Old Armenian ափն (apʻn, “edge; shore”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|noun|g=m}} *ōfer m Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-noun-a|g=m}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ōfer [nominative, singular], ōferō [nominative, plural], ōferōs [nominative, plural], ōfer [accusative, singular], ōferā [accusative, plural], ōferas [genitive, singular], ōferō [genitive, plural], ōferē [dative, singular], ōferum [dative, plural], ōferu [instrumental, singular], ōferum [instrumental, plural]
  1. border, edge (of a body of water) Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-ōfer-gmw-pro-noun-FSkSH3S9 Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. shoreline Tags: masculine, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-ōfer-gmw-pro-noun-uFbTRr-3

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    "Brill Publishers"
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    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine a-stem nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic masculine nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic nouns",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per-",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ōfer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōferā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōferas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōferō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōferē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōferum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōferu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ōferum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*ōfer m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ōfer",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "border, edge (of a body of water)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ],
        [
          "body of water",
          "body of water"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "gmw-pro:Bodies of water"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shoreline"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shoreline",
          "shoreline"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Brill Publishers"
  ],
  "word": "ōfer"
}

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