Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Þunraz

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þunraz
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

Personification of *þunraz (“thunder”). Identified with the Roman deity Jupiter by way of interpretatio germanica in Germanic weekday names (see Thursday), yet otherwise identified with Hercules by way of interpretatio romana. Compare Latin Iuppiter Tonāns (“Thundering Jupiter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθun.rɑz/

Proper noun

*Þunraz m

  1. Thor, god of thunder

Inflection

Declension of *Þunraz (masculine a-stem)
singular
nominative *Þunraz
vocative *Þunr
accusative *Þunrą
genitive *Þunras, *Þunris
dative *Þunrai
instrumental *Þunrō

Alternative reconstructions

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *Þunr, *Þonr, *Þonr
    • Old English: Þunor, Þūr, Þor
      • → English: Thunor (learned)
    • Old Saxon: Thunær [9th c. CE, Old Saxon Baptismal Vow]
    • Old High German: Donar
      • → German: Donar (learned)
      • → Dutch: Donar (learned)
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱᚨᛉ (*þonaraʀ), *ᚦᛟᚱᚨᛉ (*þoraʀ /⁠Þǭraʀ⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Þorgeirsson, Haukur (December 2023), “The Name of Thor and the Transmission of Old Norse poetry”, in Neophilologus, volume 107, number 4, →DOI, pages 701–713
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