Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diurī

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 *diurijaz.

Adjective

*diurī^[1]

valuable, precious

Inflection

ja-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*diurī
Genitive	*diurijas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*diurī	*diuriju	*diurī
Accusative	*diurijanā	*diurijā	*diurī
Genitive	*diurijas	*diurijeʀā	*diurijas
Dative	*diurijumē	*diurijeʀē	*diurijumē
Instrumental	*diuriju	*diurijeʀu	*diuriju
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*diurijē	*diurijō	*diuriju
Accusative	*diurijā	*diurijā	*diuriju
Genitive	*diurijeʀō	*diurijeʀō	*diurijeʀō
Dative	diurijēm, diurijum	diurijēm, diurijum	diurijēm, diurijum
Instrumental	diurijēm, diurijum	diurijēm, diurijum	diurijēm, diurijum

Derived terms

Descendants

Old English: dīere, dīore — Northumbrian, dȳre, dēore
- Middle English: dere, deere, deore
  - English: dear
  - Scots: dere, deir
  - Yola: dear
Old Frisian: diore, diure
- Saterland Frisian: djuur
- West Frisian: djoer
Old Saxon: diuri
- Middle Low German: dûre, dûr
  - German Low German: düür
Old Dutch: diuri
- Middle Dutch: diere
  - Dutch: dier, duur
  - Limburgish: deer, duur
  - West Flemish: diere
Old High German: tiuri
- Middle High German: tiure
  - Alemannic German: tüür
  - Bavarian: teier
  - German: teuer
  - Vilamovian: taojer
  - Yiddish: טײַער (tayer)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *diurī”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *diurī”

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