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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“wild bull”). The synonym *steuraz derives from the same base, but with an added s-mobile.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*þeuraz m[1]
- bull
- Synonyms: *bulô, *steuraz
Inflection
Declension of *þeuraz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*þeuraz
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*þeurōz, *þeurōs
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| vocative
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*þeur
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*þeurōz, *þeurōs
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| accusative
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*þeurą
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*þeuranz
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| genitive
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*þeuras, *þiuris
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*þeurǫ̂
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| dative
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*þeurai
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*þeuramaz
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| instrumental
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*þeurō
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*þeuramiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *þeur, *þiuri
- Old Saxon: *thiuri
- Middle Low German: *düre, *dür
- Old Dutch: *thiuri
- Old Norse: þjórr
- Icelandic: þjór
- Faroese: tjórur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tjor
- Old Swedish: þiūr
- Old Danish: thiūr
- Danish: tyr
- → Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: tyr
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tyr
- Gutnish: tjur
- Scanian: týr
- → Finnish: teuras
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þeura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540