Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/deuʀ

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 *deuzą.

Noun

*deuʀ n[1]

  1. (wild) animal, beast

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *deuʀ(a)
Genitive *deuʀas
Singular Plural
Nominative *deuʀ(a) *deuʀu
Accusative *deuʀ(a) *deuʀu
Genitive *deuʀas *deuʀō
Dative *deuʀē *deuʀum
Instrumental *deuʀu *deuʀum

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 86:PWGmc *deuz