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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Noun

*ūr m

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
- German Low German: Ur
- ⇒ Middle Low German: ūrosse
  - → Swedish: uroxe
Old Dutch: *ūr
- Middle Dutch: *uur
  - ⇒ Dutch: uuros (the historical form, attested once)
Old High German: ūro
- ⇒ Old High German: ūrohso
  - Middle High German: ūrochse
    - German: Auerochse, Ur
      - → English: aurochs
    - → Dutch: oeros

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