Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auraz

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

Uncertain; possibly a secondary vṛddhi full-grade of Proto-Indo-European *Huh₁-ró-s (compare Lithuanian jáura (“marsh”), jū́ra (“sea”), Old Prussian wurs (“pool”)), from *Hweh₁- (“water”) +‎ *-rós. Cognate with Sanskrit वार् (vā́r, “water; pond, pool”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.rɑz/

Noun

*auraz m[3]

wet sand or earth, mud
Synonyms: *fangō, *gurą, *gurwijō, *muþraz
liquid, water, sea
Synonym: *ahwō

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *auraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*auraz	aurōz, aurōs
vocative	*aur	aurōz, aurōs
accusative	*aurą	*auranz
genitive	auras, auris	*aurǫ̂
dative	*aurai	*auramaz
instrumental	*aurō	*auramiz

Related terms

*ūrą
- Old Norse: úr
*warô
- Old English: wær
- Old Norse: vari

Derived terms

*aurī

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *aur
- Old English: ēar, ær
  - Middle English: are
Old Norse: aurr
- Icelandic: aur
- Faroese: eyrur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: aur
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: aur
- Westrobothnian: ȯger, æur, eor
- Old Swedish: ø̄r
  - Swedish: ör
- Danish: ør
- Gutnish: aur
>? Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌷𐌾𐍉𐌼 (aurahjōm)

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 126
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “vā́r-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 544-545
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42

[1] Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 126

[2] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “vā́r-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 544-545

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42