Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Noun edit

*ūr m

  1. aurochs

Inflection edit

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ūr
Genitive *ūras
Singular Plural
Nominative *ūr *ūrō, *ūrōs
Accusative *ūr *ūrā
Genitive *ūras *ūrō
Dative *ūrē *ūrum
Instrumental *ūru *ūrum

Descendants edit

Many descendants are compounded with *uhsō (ox).

  • Old English: ūr
    • Middle English: oure
  • Old Saxon: *ūr
    • Middle Low German: ûr
      • German Low German: Ur
      • Middle Low German: ūrosse
  • Old Dutch: *ūr, uor
    • Middle Dutch: *uur
      • Dutch: uuros (the historical form, attested once) The template Template:rfd-sense does not use the parameter(s):
        2=if attested only once, then that's not enough for a WDL like Dutch
        Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
        (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
  • Old High German: ūro