Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/eburaz

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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

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Alternative forms

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  • *efuraz

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Indo-European cognates include Latin aper, Proto-Slavic *veprь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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*eburaz m

  1. boar

Inflection

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masculine a-stemDeclension of *eburaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *eburaz *eburōz, *eburōs
vocative *ebur *eburōz, *eburōs
accusative *eburą *eburanz
genitive *eburas, *eburis *eburǫ̂
dative *eburai *eburamaz
instrumental *eburō *eburamiz

Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *ebur
    • Old English: eofor, eafor, efor
      • Middle English: ēver
    • Old Saxon: ebur
    • Old Dutch: *evur
    • Old High German: ebur
  • Old Norse: jǫfurr

References

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  • Peter Schrijver, Language Contact and the Origins of the Germanic Languages (2013, →ISBN
    *eburaz 'boar'
  • Albertas Steponavičius, Diachronic Linguistics and Etymology (2006), page 111:
    Etymologies of the names for 'wild boar'
    The cognates of individual Germanic languages point unambiguously to a common Germanic name for 'boar'. Gmc *efuraz 'boar': OE eofar 'boar', OHG ebur, ModG Eber, ON jǫfurr 'prince, ruler', Icel. jöfur 'nobleman, ruler' ('the one who decorates his helm with the image of the boat[sic] as a sign of nobility and power').