< Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic
Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kuʀi
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kuziz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to test, taste, choose”).
Noun
*kuʀi m
- choice, decision
- Synonym: *koʀ
Inflection
i-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *kuʀi | |
Genitive | *kuʀī | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *kuʀi | *kuʀī |
Accusative | *kuʀi | *kuʀī |
Genitive | *kuʀī | *kuʀjō |
Dative | *kuʀī | *kuʀim |
Instrumental | *kuʀī | *kuʀim |
Descendants
- Old English: cyre
- Middle English: kire, cyre, cure
- Old Frisian: kere
- Saterland Frisian: ceur, Köar
- West Frisian: kar
- Old Saxon: kuri
- Middle Low German: küre, köre
- Low German: Köre
- Middle Low German: küre, köre
- Old Dutch: kuri
- Middle Dutch: core, kore, cuere
- Dutch: keur
- ⇒ Dutch: keuze, keus
- Dutch: keur
- Middle Dutch: core, kore, cuere
- Old High German: kuri, churi m or f
- Middle High German: küre, kür
- German: Kür, Kur
- Middle High German: küre, kür