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.

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Russian се́вер (séver, “(the) north, the Arctic”), Limburgish šiaurė and Latin caurus.

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱew- (“to stir up, excite”); or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱew- (“sky, cloud”).

Noun

*skūrō f

1. storm
2. rainshower

Descendants

• Old English: sċūr, sċēor
  • Middle English: shour, schour, schur, showre, schowre, shower
    • English: shower
    • Scots: schour, shower
• Old Frisian: *skūr, schur
  • Saterland Frisian: Skuur
• Old Saxon: skūr
  • Middle Low German: schūr
    • Westphalian:

      Münsterländer: Schuur (Westmünsterländisch)

      East Westphalian: Schiur (Ravensberger)

    • Plautdietsch: Schua
• Old Dutch: *scūr
  • Middle Dutch: schure
• Old High German: scūr
  • Middle High German: schūre, schūr, schoure, schour
    • German: Schauer
• 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

Noun

*skūrō f

1. shelter, shack

Descendants

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