Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diuriþu

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 *diuriþō. Equivalent to *diurī (“valuable, precious”) +‎ *-iþu (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*diuriþu f

dearness, costliness, preciousness

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*diuriþu
Genitive	*diuriþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*diuriþu	*diuriþō
Accusative	*diuriþā	*diuriþā
Genitive	*diuriþā	*diuriþō
Dative	*diuriþē	diuriþōm, diuriþum
Instrumental	*diuriþu	diuriþōm, diuriþum

Descendants

Old English: *dīerþu, *dīerþ
- Middle English: derthe, derth, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe
  - English: dearth
  - Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart
Old Frisian: *diōrithe, *diōrthe
- Saterland Frisian: Djuurte
- West Frisian: djoerte
Old Saxon: diuritha
- Middle Low German: dǖrede, dûrete, dûrte
  - German Low German: Düürte
Old Dutch: *diuritha
- Middle Dutch: dierte, duurte
  - Dutch: duurte
    - Afrikaans: duurte
Old High German: tiurida
- Middle High German: tiurede, tiurde, tūrde