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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gurni
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gurniz, related to *gauraz (“sad, sorrowful”).[1]
Noun
*gurni f
- sorrow misfortune
Inflection
| i-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *gurni | |
| Genitive | *gurnī | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *gurni | *gurnī |
| Accusative | *gurni | *gurnī |
| Genitive | *gurnī | *gurnijō |
| Dative | *gurnī | *gurnim |
| Instrumental | *gurnī | *gurnim |
Related terms
- *gaurag
Derived terms
- *gurnōn
- Old Saxon: gornon
Descendants
- Old English: gyrn, gryn
- ⇒ Old English: gyrnstafas (“injury, affliction”)
- ⇒ Old English: gyrnwracu (“revenge for injury”)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gaura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172