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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
From pre-Germanic *mowros, in which *mowr- is believed to be a metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *mor-w- (“ant”). Compare the synonym *miurijǭ.
Noun
*mauraz m(North Germanic)
- ant
Inflection
Declension of *mauraz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*mauraz
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*maurōz, *maurōs
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| vocative
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*maur
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*maurōz, *maurōs
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| accusative
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*maurą
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*mauranz
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| genitive
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*mauras, *mauris
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*maurǫ̂
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| dative
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*maurai
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*mauramaz
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| instrumental
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*maurō
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*mauramiz
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Synonyms
Descendants
- Old Norse: maurr
- Danish: myre c
- Norwegian Bokmål: myre m (riksmål)
- Faroese: meyra f
- Icelandic: maur m
- Jamtish: mour
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: maur m
- Norwegian Nynorsk: maur m
- Old Swedish: mȳra m, *mør (in mørastakker)
- Westrobothnian: möur
- → Middle English: mowre