Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeuraz

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 *táwros (“wild bull”). The synonym *steuraz derives from the same base, but with an added s-mobile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeu̯.rɑz/

Noun

*þeuraz m

1. bull

   Synonyms: *bulô, *steuraz

Inflection

Declension of *þeuraz (masculine a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*þeuraz	*þeurōz, *þeurōs
vocative	*þeur	*þeurōz, *þeurōs
accusative	*þeurą	*þeuranz
genitive	*þeuras, *þiuris	*þeurǫ̂
dative	*þeurai	*þeuramaz
instrumental	*þeurō	*þeuramiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þeur, *þiuri
  • Old Saxon: *thiuri
    • Middle Low German: *düre, *dür
      • Low German: Dür
  • Old Dutch: *thiuri
    • Middle Dutch: duer
      • Dutch: deur, duur (dialectal)
• Old Norse: þjórr
  • Icelandic: þjór
  • Faroese: tjórur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjor
  • Old Swedish: þiūr
    • Swedish: tjur
  • Old Danish: thiūr
    • Danish: tyr
      • → Norwegian:
        • Norwegian Bokmål: tyr
        • Norwegian Nynorsk: tyr
  • Gutnish: tjur
  • Scanian: týr
• → Proto-Finnic: *tëpras (see there for further descendants)