Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/durz

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

Likely back-formed from *dʰur-ih₁, an old neuter dual form, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /durz/

Noun

*durz f

1. door, hatch, flap

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *durz (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*durz	*duriz
vocative	*dur	*duriz
accusative	*durų	*durunz
genitive	*duriz	*durǫ̂
dative	*duri	*durumaz
instrumental	*durē	*durumiz

Usage notes

This word was a plurale tantum in Old Norse, and it might have been used in that way in Proto-Germanic as well (compare the same development with cognate *dvьri in most Slavic languages); this is further evident by its form in compound words (e.g. compare Old English ēagduru, Old High German ougatora, ougtora, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉 (augadaurō)). In Old High German and Old Dutch it became a singular i-stem, which no doubt derives from the original plural. Old English and Old Saxon show a u-stem noun, which most likely derives from the singular because of the lack of umlaut.

Related terms

• *durą

Derived terms

• *durastudō
• *durawarduz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *dur
  • Old English: duru, doru
    • Middle English: dore, doire, dure, dur
      • English: door
        • Sranan Tongo: doro
      • Scots: dure, dur
      • Yola: dher
  • Old Frisian: dure, dore
    • North Frisian:
      • Föhr-Amrum: dör
      • Mooring, Sylt: döör
    • Saterland Frisian: Doore
    • West Frisian: doar
  • Old Saxon: duru
    • Middle Low German: dȫr, dȫre
      • Low German:
        • German Low German:

          Hamburgisch: Dör

          Westphalian:

          Westmünsterländisch: Dööre, Döör

      • Plautdietsch: Däa
  • Old Dutch: duri
    • Middle Dutch: dōre, duere, dure
      • Dutch: deur
  • Old High German: turi
    • Middle High German: türe
      • Alemannic German: Tüür, Tiire (Uri), Dire
      • Bavarian: Dia, Tia

        Cimbrian: tür

        Mòcheno: tir

      • Central Franconian: Dür, Diar

        Kölsch: Dör, Dür

      • East Central German: Thüa(r) (Egerländisch)

        Upper Saxon German: Düre

      • German: Tür, Türe
      • Luxembourgish: Dier
      • Rhine Franconian:

        Palatine German: Deer

        Pennsylvania German: Dier

      • Yiddish: טיר (tir)
• Old Norse: dyrr pl
  • Icelandic: dyr pl
  • Faroese: dyr pl
  • Norn: dør
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: dør
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: dør
  • Jamtish: dẃr
  • Elfdalian: dörer
  • Old Swedish: dyr
    • Swedish: dörr
  • Scanian: dør
  • Danish: dør
  • Gutnish: dur, duri