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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diuriþu
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *diuriþō. Equivalent to *diurī + *-iþu.
Noun
*diuriþu f
- dearness, costliness, preciousness
Inflection
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *diuriþu | *diuriþō |
Accusative | *diuriþā | *diuriþā |
Genitive | *diuriþā | *diuriþō |
Dative | *diuriþē | *diuriþōm |
Instrumental | *diuriþu | *diuriþōm |
Descendants
- Old English: *dīerþu, *dīerþ
- Middle English: derth, derthe, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe
- English: dearth
- Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart
- Middle English: derth, derthe, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe
- Old Frisian: *diōrithe, *diōrthe
- Saterland Frisian: Djuurte
- West Frisian: djoerte
- Old Saxon: diuritha
- Middle Low German: dǖrede, dûrete, dûrte
- German Low German: Düürte
- Middle Low German: dǖrede, dûrete, dûrte
- Old Dutch: *diuritha
- Middle Dutch: dierte, duurte
- Dutch: duurte
- Afrikaans: duurte
- Dutch: duurte
- Middle Dutch: dierte, duurte
- Old High German: tiurida
- Middle High German: tiurede, tiurde, tūrde