Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ūr

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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Noun

*ūr m

1. aurochs

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ūr
Genitive	*ūras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ūr	*ūrō, *ūrōs
Accusative	*ūr	*ūrā
Genitive	*ūras	*ūrō
Dative	*ūrē	*ūrum
Instrumental	*ūru	*ūrum

Descendants

Many descendants are compounded with *uhsō (“ox”).

• Old English: ūr
  • Middle English: oure
• Old Saxon: *ūr
  • Middle Low German: ûr
    • German Low German: Ur
    • ⇒ Middle Low German: ūrosse
      • → Swedish: uroxe
• Old Dutch: *ūr, uor
  • Middle Dutch: *uur
    • ⇒ Dutch: uuros (the historical form, attested once) (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
• Old High German: ūro
  • Middle High German: ūr
    • German: Ur
  • ⇒ Old High German: ūrohso
    • Middle High German: ūrochse
      • German: Auerochse
        • → English: aurochs
      • → Middle Dutch: oeros
        • Dutch: oeros