Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Maur

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

Borrowed from Latin Maurus.

Noun

*Maur m

1. a Moor, Mauritanian Vandal
2. person with dark skin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Maur(a)
Genitive	*Mauras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Maur(a)	*Maurōs
Accusative	*Maur(a)	*Maurā
Genitive	*Mauras	*Maurō
Dative	*Maurē	*Maurum
Instrumental	*Mauru	*Maurum

Derived terms

• *Maurawald
  • Old English: Mōrweald
  • Old High German: Mōrolt
• *Maurawulf
  • Old English: Mōrwulf
  • Old High German: Maorolf

Descendants

• Old Saxon: Mōr
  • Middle Low German: môre
    • → Danish: mor
    • → Swedish: mor
• Old Dutch: *Mōr
  • Middle Dutch: moor
    • Dutch: Moor
      • Afrikaans: Moor
• Old High German: Mōr
  • Middle High German: mōr, mōre
    • German: Mohr

Further reading

• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “Mōr (1)”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition: “germ. *Mōr”
• Forssner, Thorvald (1916), Continental-Germanic personal names in England in Old and Middle English times‎^[2], Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri, page 192: “*Maura-”
• Förstemann, Ernst (1900), “MAURA.”, in Altdeutsches Namenbuch‎^[3] (in German), 2nd edition, volume I: Personennamen, Bonn: P. Hanstein's Verlag, →OCLC, column 1116