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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diurī
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *diurijaz.
Adjective
*diurī[1]
- valuable, precious
Inflection
| ja-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *diurī | ||
| Genitive | *diurijas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *diurī | *diuriju | *diurī |
| Accusative | *diurijanā | *diurijā | *diurī |
| Genitive | *diurijas | *diurijeʀā | *diurijas |
| Dative | *diurijumē | *diurijeʀē | *diurijumē |
| Instrumental | *diuriju | *diurijeʀu | *diuriju |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *diurijē | *diurijō | *diuriju |
| Accusative | *diurijā | *diurijā | *diuriju |
| Genitive | *diurijeʀō | *diurijeʀō | *diurijeʀō |
| Dative | *diurijēm, *diurijum | *diurijēm, *diurijum | *diurijēm, *diurijum |
| Instrumental | *diurijēm, *diurijum | *diurijēm, *diurijum | *diurijēm, *diurijum |
Derived terms
- *diurisōn
- *diuriþu
Descendants
- Old English: dēore
- Middle English: dere
- Scots: dere, deir
- English: dear
- Middle English: dere
- Old Frisian: diore, diure
- Saterland Frisian: djuur
- West Frisian: djoer
- Old Saxon: diuri
- Middle Low German: dûre, dûr
- German Low German: düür
- Middle Low German: dûre, dûr
- Old Dutch: diuri
- Middle Dutch: diere
- Dutch: dier, duur
- Limburgish: deer, duur
- West Flemish: diere
- Middle Dutch: diere
- Old High German: tiuri
- Middle High German: tiure
- Alemannic German: tüür
- German: teuer
- Vilamovian: taojer
- Middle High German: tiure
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 130: “PWGmc *diurī”