Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/deuʀ

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 *deuzą.

Noun

*deuʀ n^[1]

(wild) animal, beast

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*deuʀ
Genitive	*deuʀas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*deuʀ	*deuʀu
Accusative	*deuʀ	*deuʀu
Genitive	*deuʀas	*deuʀō
Dative	*deuʀē	*deuʀum
Instrumental	*deuʀu	*deuʀum

Descendants

Old English: dīor, dēor
- Middle English: deor, deure, dure, dier, dere
  - Scots: dere, deir
  - English: deer
Old Frisian: diār, diēr
- North Frisian: dier
  - North Frisian: Diirt (Sylt)
- Saterland Frisian: Diert (possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
- West Frisian: djier (obsolete), dier
Old Saxon: dior
- Middle Low German: dēr, dēre, dērt, deirt, dêrd
  - Low German: Diert
    - Dutch Low Saxon: diert
    - German Low German: Deer, Deert, Dird, Dairt, Duert, Diert, Dirt, Dier
Old Dutch: dier, dior
- Middle Dutch: dier
  - Dutch: dier
    - Afrikaans: dier
  - Limburgish: deer
Old High German: tior
- Middle High German: tier
  - Alemannic German:
    Alsatian: Tier
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Dier
    Kölsch: Deer, Dier
  - East Central German:
    Upper Saxon German: Dier
  - German: Tier
    - → Plautdietsch: Tier, Tiea
  - Luxembourgish: Déier
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Hessian: Déier

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86: “PWGmc *deuz”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86: “PWGmc *deuz”

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