Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hōrǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *keh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxɔː.rɔ̃ː/

Noun

*hōrǭ f

whore, adulteress

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *hōrǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hōrǭ	*hōrōniz
vocative	*hōrǭ	*hōrōniz
accusative	*hōrōnų	*hōrōnunz
genitive	*hōrōniz	*hōrōnǫ̂
dative	*hōrōni	*hōrōmaz
instrumental	*hōrōnē	*hōrōmiz

Derived terms

*hōradōmaz
*hōrijǭ

Related terms

*hōraz
*hōrą
*hōrōną

Descendants

Old English: hōre
- Middle English: hore
  - Scots: hure
  - English: whore
Old Frisian: *hōre
- West Frisian: huorre, hoer
Old Saxon: *hōra
- Middle Low German: hôre
  - German Low German: Hoor
Old Dutch: *huora (gehuorda)
- Middle Dutch: hur, huor, hoere, hoer
  - Dutch: hoer
Old High German: huora
- Middle High German: huore
  - German: Hure
    - → Lower Sorbian: hura
  - Luxembourgish: Houer
  - Yiddish: הור‎ (hur)
Old Norse: hóra
- Icelandic: hóra
- Faroese: hora
- Norwegian: hore
- Old Swedish: hōra
  - Swedish: hora
- Danish: hore
- Elfdalian: uora
→ Finnish: huora
→ Estonian: hoor