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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/uʀ-

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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

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *uz-.

    Prefix

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    *uʀ-

    1. up, out, over

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    The descendants differ depending on whether the prefix was unstressed (in verbs) or stressed (in other parts of speech):

    Stressed:

    • Old English: or-
      • Middle English: or-
        • English: or- (fossilised)
    • Old Frisian: or-
      • Saterland Frisian: uur-
      • West Frisian: oar-
    • Old Saxon: ur-, or-
      • Middle Low German: or-
        • German Low German: oor-
    • Old Dutch: ur-, or-
    • Old High German: ur-

    Unstressed: