Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reformed as a feminine i-stem from earlier *durī, from Pre-Germanic *dʰúrih₁ (“double doors”), dual of *dʰúrom (see *durą), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Compare Old Armenian դուրք (durkʻ).
Pronunciation[edit]
*durīz f pl
- door
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old Saxon: duri
- Old Dutch: duri
- Old High German: turi
- Old Norse: dyrr f pl
- Icelandic: dyr f pl
- Faroese: dyr f pl
- Norn: dør f pl
- Norwegian: dør f sg, m sg
- Old Swedish: dyr f pl or n pl, later f sg
- Danish: dør c sg
- Gutnish: dur, duri
- Scanian: dør m sg
- Elfdalian: dörer f pl (dat. dörum)
References[edit]
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 110