Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/neurô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *négʷʰrō. Cognate with Latin nefrōnēs (Praeneste), nebrundinēs (Lanuvium), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯.rɔːː/

Noun

*neurô m

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *neurô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*neurô	*neuraniz
vocative	*neurô	*neuraniz
accusative	*neuranų	*neuranunz
genitive	*niuriniz	*neuranǫ̂
dative	*niurini	*neurammaz
instrumental	*niurinē	*neurammiz

Descendants

Old English: *nēora, *nīora
- Middle English: nēre, neere
  - Scots: neer, nere, neir
  - ⇒ Middle English: kidenēre, kidnēre
    - English: kidney
Old Frisian: *niura, *niūra; *niūre
- Saterland Frisian: Njúre
- West Frisian: nier
Old Saxon: *nioro
- Middle Low German: nēre
  - German Low German: Niere, Nier, Neer
  - Plautdietsch: Nia
Old Dutch: *nioro
- Middle Dutch: niere f
  - Dutch: nier
    - Afrikaans: nier
    - Negerhollands: nier
    - → Papiamentu: nir, nier
Old High German: nioro
- Middle High German: niere
  - German: Niere f
    - → Luxembourgish: Nier
  - Hunsrik: Nier
  - Luxembourgish: Néier (archaic, but see Éierchen)
  - Yiddish: ניר‎ (nir)
Old Norse: nýra
- Icelandic: nýra
- Faroese: nýra
- Norn: nyr
- Norwegian: nyre
- Old Swedish: niūre
  - Swedish: njure
- Old Danish: nyræ, niuræ
  - Danish: nyre
- Elfdalian: niųora, niųore
- ⇒ Old Gutnish: vig-niauri

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