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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurisaz
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *þursaz
Etymology
Derived form *þurēnan, which is etymologically connected to Vedic Sanskrit तुर (tura, “speedy, quick, strong, powerful, rich”) (from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to hasten, be quick”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθu.ri.sɑz/
Noun
*þurisaz m
- giant; demon; monster
- name of the þ-rune
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *þurisaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *þurisaz | *þurisōz, *þurisōs | |
vocative | *þuris | *þurisōz, *þurisōs | |
accusative | *þurisą | *þurisanz | |
genitive | *þurisas, *þurisis | *þurisǫ̂ | |
dative | *þurisai | *þurisamaz | |
instrumental | *þurisō | *þurisamiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *þuris
- Old English: þyrs, ðyrs
- Middle English: thurs, thirs, thrisse, thrusse, thurse, thursse, thyrce, þurs
- English: thurse
- Middle English: thurs, thirs, thrisse, thrusse, thurse, thursse, thyrce, þurs
- Old Saxon: thuris
- Old High German: duris, turs
- Middle High German: turse, türse, torse
- German: Turse
- Middle High German: turse, türse, torse
- Old English: þyrs, ðyrs
- Old Norse: þurs, þuss
- Icelandic: þurs
- Faroese: tussur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tuss, tusse
- Norwegian Bokmål: tuss, tusse
- Swedish: tuss, tusse (dialectal)
- Old Danish: tusse, tosse
- Danish: tosse
- → Scottish Gaelic: tursa
- → Finnish: Tursas, turso
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 429–430