Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ūrą

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (“water”).

Noun

*ūrą n

liquid, especially water, urine, rain
wetness

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ūrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ūrą	*ūrō
vocative	*ūrą	*ūrō
accusative	*ūrą	*ūrō
genitive	ūras, ūris	*ūrǫ̂
dative	*ūrai	*ūramaz
instrumental	*ūrō	*ūramiz

Derived terms

*ūrigaz

Related terms

*ūraz
*ūrijaz

Descendants

Old Norse: úr
- Icelandic: úr
- Faroese: úr
- ⇒ Swedish: urvæta
- ⇒ Swedish: urväder
- → Early Scots: *ur
  - Scots: ure, ur, oor (“drizzle”)
    - ⇒ Scots: urey, oorie, ourie (“rainy, hazy, rainbowy”)

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