Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōrǭ

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 *kéh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɔː.rɔ̃ː/

Noun

*hōrǭ f

whore, adulteress

Inflection

Declension of *hōrǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hōrǭ	*hōrōniz
vocative	*hōrǭ	*hōrōniz
accusative	*hōrōnų	*hōrōnunz
genitive	*hōrōniz	*hōrōnǫ̂
dative	*hōrōni	*hōrōmaz
instrumental	*hōrōnē	*hōrōmiz

Derived terms

*hōradōmaz
*hōrijǭ

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: hōre
- Middle English: hore, hoor, hoore, hor, houre, hure
  - English: whore
  - Scots: hure, hoor
  - → Welsh: hŵr
Old Frisian: *hōre
- West Frisian: huorre, hoer
Old Saxon: *hōra
- Middle Low German: hôre
  - German Low German: Hoor
Old Dutch: *huora (gehuorda)
- Middle Dutch: hoere
  - Dutch: hoer
    - Afrikaans: hoer
    - Negerhollands: hoer, hoerer, hurer, hu, huer
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: huur (dated)
    - → Sranan Tongo: huru
  - Limburgish: hoor
Old High German: huora
- Middle High German: huore
  - Cimbrian: hurra
  - German: Hure, H*re (censored)
    - → Lower Sorbian: hura
  - Luxembourgish: Houer
  - Pennsylvania German: Hur
  - Yiddish: הור (hur)
Old Norse: hóra
- Icelandic: hóra
- Faroese: hora
- Norwegian Bokmål: hore
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hora
- Old Swedish: hōra
  - Swedish: hora
- Danish: hore
- Elfdalian: uora
→ Proto-Finnic: *hoora (see there for further descendants)