Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skūrō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskuː.rɔː/

Etymology 1

• From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”); cognate with Proto-Slavic *sě̀verъ (“north”), Lithuanian šiaurỹs (“north wind”) and Lithuanian šiáurė (“north”).
• Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱew- (“to stir up, excite”); or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱew- (“sky, cloud”);
• Alternatively from *(s)ḱyh̥₂u-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱyeh₂w- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”).

Noun

*skūrō f

1. storm
2. short shower (of rain / hail)

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *skūrō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skūrō	*skūrôz
vocative	*skūrō	*skūrôz
accusative	*skūrǭ	*skūrōz
genitive	*skūrōz	*skūrǫ̂
dative	*skūrōi	*skūrōmaz
instrumental	*skūrō	*skūrōmiz

Descendants

• West Germanic: *skūru
  • Old English: sċūr f (if not a spurious gender change of *skūr)
• Old Norse: skúr
  • Icelandic: skúr
  • Faroese: skúrur
  • Norwegian:

    Norwegian Nynorsk: skur

  • Old Swedish: skūr
    • Swedish: skur, skura
  • Old Danish: skwr, skywr
    • Danish: skur, skure
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra)

Etymology 2

From earlier *sku(w)enjō-, from *sku(w)en-, possibly from the dative form *sku(w)eni, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skuH-ro-, from *(s)kewH- (“to cover”), related to Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “he covers, protects”).

Noun

*skūrō f

1. shelter, shack

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *skūrō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*skūrō	*skūrôz
vocative	*skūrō	*skūrôz
accusative	*skūrǭ	*skūrōz
genitive	*skūrōz	*skūrǫ̂
dative	*skūrōi	*skūrōmaz
instrumental	*skūrō	*skūrōmiz

Descendants

• Old Frisian: skūre
  • West Frisian: skuorre
• Old Saxon: skūr
  • Middle Low German: schūr, schure, schüre
    • Low German: Schüür
    • → Estonian: kuur
  • → Old High German: scūr (probably; perhaps native)
    • Middle High German: schūr
      • German: Schauer (dialectal)
• Old Dutch: skūra
  • Middle Dutch: scūre
    • Dutch: schuur
• Old High German: skiura, skūra
  • Middle High German: schiure, schūre
    • German: Scheuer
    • Transylvanian Saxon: Schyre, Schure
      • → Romanian: șură
  • → Italian: scuro