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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Bears strong resemblance to Old Irish gur (“matter, pus”), suggesting a potential derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”), though the correspondence of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰ to Proto-Germanic *g would be irregular.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*gurą n[1]
- half-digested stomach contents
- manure; dung; feces
- filth; muck
Inflection
Declension of *gurą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*gurą
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*gurō
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| vocative
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*gurą
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*gurō
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| accusative
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*gurą
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*gurō
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| genitive
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*guras, *guris
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*gurǫ̂
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| dative
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*gurai
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*guramaz
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| instrumental
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*gurō
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*guramiz
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- *garnō (“intestines”) (possibly)
- *gurwijō (“mud, marshes”)
- *gurwijaz (adjective)
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *gor
- Old English: gor; (gyr, gyre, gyra, gyru)
- (Old Frisian: gēre, iēre, jēre)
- (Saterland Frisian: Jirre)
- (West Frisian: jarre)
- Old Saxon: *gor; (*goru)
- Old Dutch: gor (in placenames); (*gori (adjective))
- Old High German: gor; (gurigabala)
- Old Norse: gor, gur, gorr
- ⇒ Old Norse: gjǫr (←*gerva-)
- Faroese: gor
- Icelandic: gor, gorr; gjör
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: gørr, gorr, gor, gaur
- ⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: gyrja
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gørr
- Old Danish: gorr, gor
- Old Swedish: gorr, gor
- Swedish: gor, gohr, gorr, gur, guhr, gurr, gyr, gyhr, gyrr, går, gåhr, gårr, gör, göhr, görr, gaur
- ⇒ Swedish: gorra, gårra
- ⇒ Swedish: gorrig, gårrig
- Gothenburghian gör
- ⇒ Swedish: gård-
- ⇒ Old Swedish: giöria
- ⇒ Old Swedish: giöriod
- Swedish: görji, görjog, giörjod, gyrjoger
- →? Proto-Finnic: *kura (“dirt, mud”)
References