Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/durīz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Reformed as a feminine i-stem from earlier *durī, from Pre-Germanic *dʰúrih₁ (“double doors”), dual of *dʰúrom (see *durą), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Compare Old Armenian դուրք (durkʻ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duriːz/

Noun

*durīz f pl

1. door

Related terms

• *durą
• *durō

Descendants

• Old Saxon: duri
• Old Dutch: duri
  • Middle Dutch: dore, duere, dure
    • Dutch: deur
• Old High German: turi
  • Middle High German: türe
    • German: Tür, Türe
    • Cimbrian: tüar
    • Luxembourgish: Dier
    • Mòcheno: tir
    • Pennsylvania German: Dier
    • Yiddish: טיר (tir)
• Old Norse: dyrr f pl
  • Icelandic: dyr f pl
  • Faroese: dyr f pl
  • Norn: dør f pl
  • Norwegian: dør f sg, m sg
  • Old Swedish: dyr f pl or n pl, later f sg
    • Swedish: dörr c sg
  • Danish: dør c sg
  • Gutnish: dur, duri
  • Scanian: dør m sg
  • Elfdalian: dörer f pl (dat. dörum)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 110