Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kuʀi

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-Germanic

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to test, taste, choose”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ziz/

Noun

*kuʀi m

1. choice

Synonyms

• *kuzą

Derived terms

• *kuzjǭ

Related terms

• *keusaną

Descendants

• Old English: cyre m
  • Middle English: cure, kire
• Old Frisian: kere m
  • Saterland Frisian: ceur, Köar
  • West Frisian: kar
• Old Saxon: kuri m
  • Middle Low German: küre, köre
    • Low German: Köre
• Old Dutch: kuri
  • Middle Dutch: core, kore, cuere
    • Dutch: keur > keuze, keus
• Old High German: kuri, churi m or f
  • Middle High German: küre, kür
    • German: Kür, Kur (in compounds)