Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/neurô

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 *negʷʰrós. Cognate with Latin nefrōnēs (Praeneste), nebrundinēs (Lanuvium), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós).

Noun

*neurô m

kidney
testicle

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *neurô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*neurô	*neuraniz
vocative	*neurô	*neuraniz
accusative	*neuranų	*neuranunz
genitive	*niuriniz	*neuranǫ̂
dative	*niurini	*neurammaz
instrumental	*niurinē	*neurammiz

Descendants

Old English: *nēora
- Middle English: nēre, neere; kidenēre, kidnēre
  - Scots: nere, neir, neer, near
  - English: kidney (-ney < nēre)
Old Frisian: *niura, *niūra; *niūre
- Saterland Frisian: Njuure
- West Frisian: nier
Old Saxon: *nioro
- Middle Low German: nēre
  - German Low German: Niere, Nier
  - Low German: Neer
  - Plautdietsch: Nia
Old Dutch: *nioro
- Middle Dutch: niere f
  - Dutch: nier
    - Afrikaans: nier
Old High German: nioro
- Middle High German: niere
  - German: Niere f
  - Luxembourgish: Nier
  - Yiddish: ניר‎ (nir)
Old Norse: nýra
- Icelandic: nýra
- Faroese: nýra
- Norn: nyr
- Norwegian: nyre
- Old Swedish: niūre
  - Swedish: njure, njura
- Old Danish: nyræ, niuræ
  - Danish: nyre
- Elfdalian: niųora, niųore
- Old Gutnish: vig-niauri