Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ūrą

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 *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (water).

Noun

*ūrą n

  1. liquid, especially water, urine, rain
  2. wetness

Inflection

Declension of *ūrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *ūrą *ūrō
vocative *ūrą *ūrō
accusative *ūrą *ūrō
genitive *ūras, *ūris *ūrǫ̂
dative *ūrai *ūramaz
instrumental *ūrō *ūramiz

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Norse: úr
    • Faroese: úr n
    • Icelandic: úr n
    • Icelandic: ýra f
    • Norwegian:
      • Norwegian Bokmål: ur m
      • Norwegian Bokmål: yr m, yra f
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: ur m
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: yr m, yra f
    • Old Danish: ur
      • Danish: ur
    • Old Swedish: ūr n
      • Swedish: ur n
      • Swedish: yr n, yra f
    • Early Scots: *ur
      • Scots: ure, ur, oor (drizzle)
        • Scots: urey, oorie, ourie (rainy, hazy, rainbowy)