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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.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *deuzą.
Noun
*deuʀ n[1]
- (wild) animal, beast
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*deuʀ(a)
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| Genitive
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*deuʀas
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*deuʀ(a)
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*deuʀu
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| Accusative
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*deuʀ(a)
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*deuʀu
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| Genitive
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*deuʀas
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*deuʀō
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| Dative
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*deuʀē
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*deuʀum
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| Instrumental
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*deuʀu
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*deuʀum
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Descendants
- Old English: dēor, dēar — Northumbrian, dīor — Kentish
- Middle English: der, deer, dere, dier, deare, dure (Late Middle English), deor, dor, duer, dur (Southern, West Midland)
- Old Frisian: diār, diēr
- North Frisian: dier
- North Frisian: Diirt (Sylt)
- Saterland Frisian: Diert (possibly borrowed from Middle Low German)
- West Frisian: djier (obsolete), dier
- Old Saxon: dior
- Old Dutch: dier, dior
- Old High German: tior
- Middle High German: tier
- Alemannic German:
- Alsatian: Tier
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Dier
- Kölsch: Deer, Dier
- East Central German:
- Upper Saxon German: Dier
- German: Tier
- → Plautdietsch: Tier, Tiea
- Luxembourgish: Déier
- Rhine Franconian:
- Hessian: Déier
References
- ^ 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”