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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mōraz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
A Germanic derivation from *mari.[1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.rɑz/
Noun
*mōraz m
- moor
- Synonyms: *haiþī, *lingwą (possibly)
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *mōraz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *mōraz | *mōrōz, *mōrōs | |
vocative | *mōr | *mōrōz, *mōrōs | |
accusative | *mōrą | *mōranz | |
genitive | *mōras, *mōris | *mōrǫ̂ | |
dative | *mōrai | *mōramaz | |
instrumental | *mōrō | *mōramiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *mōr
- Old English: mōr
- Middle English: mor
- English: moor
- Scots: muir
- Middle English: mor
- Old Frisian: mōr
- North Frisian: moar, moer
- Old Saxon: mōr
- Middle Low German: mōr, mūr
- Low German: mōr, mūr
- → German: Moor
- Middle Low German: mōr, mūr
- Old Dutch: *mōr
- Middle Dutch: moer
- Dutch: moer
- Middle Dutch: moer
- Old High German: muor
- Middle High German: muor
- Alemannic German: Nüere
- Bavarian: Müer
- Middle High German: muor
- Old English: mōr
- Old Norse: mǫr, mœrr
- Danish: mor, moor
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei)
References
- Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “moer”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*mōra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN