Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/staur

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 *stauraz.

Noun

*staur m

  1. (Weser-Rhine Germanic) destruction
  2. (Weser-Rhine Germanic) disturbance

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *staur
Genitive *stauras
Singular Plural
Nominative *staur *staurō, *staurōs
Accusative *staur *staurā
Genitive *stauras *staurō
Dative *staurē *staurum
Instrumental *stauru *staurum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Dutch: *stōr

Further reading

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*staurjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 476: “*staura-”
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