Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gurą

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 *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣu.rɑ̃/

Noun

*gurą n

1. half-digested stomach contents
2. manure; dung; feces
3. filth; muck

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *gurą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gurą	*gurō
vocative	*gurą	*gurō
accusative	*gurą	*gurō
genitive	*guras, *guris	*gurǫ̂
dative	*gurai	*guramaz
instrumental	*gurō	*guramiz

Related terms

• *gurwijō (“mud, marshes”)
• *gurwijaz (adjective)

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *gor
  • Old English: gor; (gyr, gyre, gyra, gyru)
    • Middle English: gor, gorre, gore; (güre, girre, gire)
      • Scots: goor, gure
      • English: gore
  • (Old Frisian: gēre, iēre, jēre)
    • (Saterland Frisian: Jirre)
    • (West Frisian: jarre)
  • Old Saxon: *gor; (*goru)
    • Middle Low German: gore; gore, gorre
  • Old Dutch: gor (in placenames); (*gori (adjective))
    • Middle Dutch: ghoor, goor; (goor, gore; gier, ghier (adjective))
      • (Dutch: goor); (gier)
        • Afrikaans: goor
  • Old High German: gor; (gurigabala)
    • Middle High German: gor
      • German: Gur, Guhr (archaic, dialectal)
• Old Norse: gor; (gjǫr)
  • Icelandic: gor; gjör
  • Faroese: gor
  • Norwegian: gor
  • Swedish: gorr, går
    • Gothenburghian gör
  • Old Danish: gor
• →? Proto-Finnic: *kura (“dirt, mud”)
  • Estonian: kura
  • Finnish: kura