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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mauraz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mowro-, *morwi-.
Noun
*mauraz m
- ant
Inflection
| masculine a-stemDeclension of *mauraz (masculine a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *mauraz | *maurōz, *maurōs | |
| vocative | *maur | *maurōz, *maurōs | |
| accusative | *maurą | *mauranz | |
| genitive | *mauras, *mauris | *maurǫ̂ | |
| dative | *maurai | *mauramaz | |
| instrumental | *maurō | *mauramiz | |
Synonyms
- *ēmaitijǭ
- *miurijǭ
Descendants
- Old Norse: maurr
- Icelandic: maur
- Faroese: meyra
- Norwegian: maur
- Old Swedish: *mør (in mørastakker)
- Jamtish: mour
- Westrobothnian: möur
- Middle English: mowre