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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mōr
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *mōraz.
Noun
*mōr m
- moor
- Synonym: *haiþi
Inflection
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *mōr | |
Genitive | *mōras | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *mōr | *mōrō, *mōrōs |
Accusative | *mōr | *mōrā |
Genitive | *mōras | *mōrō |
Dative | *mōrē | *mōrum |
Instrumental | *mōru | *mōrum |
Descendants
- Old English: mōr
- Middle English: mor
- English: moor
- Scots: muir
- Middle English: mor
- Old Frisian: mōr
- North Frisian: moar, moer
- Old Saxon: mōr
- Middle Low German: mōr, mūr
- Low German: mōr, mūr
- → German: Moor
- Middle Low German: mōr, mūr
- Old Dutch: *mōr
- Middle Dutch: moer
- Dutch: moer
- Middle Dutch: moer
- Old High German: muor
- Middle High German: muor
- Alemannic German: Nüere
- Bavarian: Müer
- Middle High German: muor