Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/skūr

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skūraz.

Noun

*skūr m[1]

rainshower

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*skūr
Genitive	*skūras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*skūr	skūrō, skūrōs
Accusative	*skūr	*skūrā
Genitive	*skūras	*skūrō
Dative	*skūrē	*skūrum
Instrumental	*skūru	*skūrum

Descendants

Old English: sċūr, sċēor
- Middle English: shour, schour, schur, showre, schowre, shower
  - English: shower
  - Scots: schour, shower
Old Frisian: *skūr, schur
- Saterland Frisian: Skuur
- West Frisian: skuor
Old Saxon: skūr
- Middle Low German: schūr
  - Low Saxon: Schuur
  - Westphalian:
    Münsterländer: Schuur (Westmünsterländisch)
    East Westphalian: Schiur (Ravensberger)
  - Plautdietsch: Schua
Old Dutch: *scūr
- Middle Dutch: schure, schuur
  - Dutch: schoer
Old High German: scūr
- Middle High German: schūre, schūr, schoure, schour
  - German: Schauer

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207: “PWGmc *skūr”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 207: “PWGmc *skūr”