Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sūr

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūraz.

Adjective

*sūr

1. sour, acidic

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*sūr
Genitive	*sūras
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sūr	*sūru	*sūr
Accusative	*sūranā	*sūrā	*sūr
Genitive	*sūras	*sūreʀā	*sūras
Dative	*sūrumē	*sūreʀē	*sūrumē
Instrumental	*sūru	*sūreʀu	*sūru
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*sūrē	*sūrō	*sūru
Accusative	*sūrā	*sūrā	*sūru
Genitive	*sūreʀō	*sūreʀō	*sūreʀō
Dative	*sūrēm, *sūrum	*sūrēm, *sūrum	*sūrēm, *sūrum
Instrumental	*sūrēm, *sūrum	*sūrēm, *sūrum	*sūrēm, *sūrum

Derived terms

• *sūrēn
• *sūrijan
• *sūrijō

Descendants

• Old English: sūr
  • Middle English: sur, sour
    • English: sour
    • Scots: sour, soor
• Old Frisian: *sūr
  • Saterland Frisian: suur
  • West Frisian: soer
• Old Saxon: sūr (in compounds)
  • Middle Low German: sūr
    • Low German: suur
    • Plautdietsch: sua
• Old Dutch: *sūr
  • Middle Dutch: suur
    • Dutch: zuur
      • Afrikaans: suur
    • Limburgish: zoer
• Old High German: sūr
  • Middle High German: sūr
    • Central Franconian: suur, souer (Moselle Franconian)
    • German: sauer
    • Luxembourgish: sauer
    • Vilamovian: zaojwer
    • Yiddish: זויער (zoyer)
    • → Polish: żur
• → Old French: sur [1160 CE] (see there for further descendants)