Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūr

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Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Noun

*ūr m

  1. aurochs

Inflection

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

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) (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
  • Old High German: ūro
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