Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/durīz

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

Reformed as a feminine i-stem from earlier *durī, from Pre-Germanic *dʰúrih₁ (“double doors”), dual of *dʰúrom (see *durą), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Compare Old Armenian դուրք (durkʿ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /duriːz/

Noun

*durīz f pl

door

Related terms

*durą
*durō

Descendants

Old Saxon: duri
Old Dutch: duri
- Middle Dutch: dore, duere, dure
  - Dutch: deur
Old High German: turi
- Middle High German: türe
  - German: Tür, Türe
  - Cimbrian: tüar
  - Luxembourgish: Dier
  - Mòcheno: tir
  - Pennsylvania German: Dier
  - Yiddish: טיר‎ (tir)
Old Norse: dyrr f pl
- Icelandic: dyr f pl
- Faroese: dyr f pl
- Norn: dør f pl
- Norwegian: dør f sg, m sg
- Old Swedish: dyr f pl or n pl, later f sg
  - Swedish: dörr c sg
- Danish: dør c sg
- Westrobothnian: dyr f sg (dat. dyrĕn, gen. dura-, pl dura)
- Gutnish: dur, duri
- Scanian: dør m sg
- Elfdalian: dörer f pl (dat. dörum)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 110