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
    • Dutch Low Saxon: diert
    • German Low German: Deer, Deert, Dird, Dairt, Duert, Diert, Dirt, Dier
• Old Dutch: dier
  • Middle Dutch: dier
    • Dutch: dier
• 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