Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þurruk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Unknown; possibly from *þurr +‎ *-uk, from Proto-Germanic *þwerō ~ *þurraz, from Proto-Indo-European *twérH-ō ~ *turH-nés, from *twerH- (“to hold, enclose”).

Noun

*þurruk m

(nautical) hold of a ship, bilge

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þurruk
Genitive	*þurrukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þurruk	þurrukō, þurrukōs
Accusative	*þurruk	*þurrukā
Genitive	*þurrukas	*þurrukō
Dative	*þurrukē	*þurrukum
Instrumental	*þurruku	*þurrukum

Descendants

Old English: þurruc
- Middle English: thurrok, thorrocke, thorroke, thurroke, þorrok
  - English: thurrock (obsolete)
Old Frisian: *thurruk, *durruk (

durruk likely borrowed from Low German or Dutch)
- Saterland Frisian: Durk
- West Frisian: durk
Old Saxon: *thurruk, *thorruk
- Middle Low German: dork
  - Low German: Dork
  - → Danish: dørk
  - → Norwegian: dørk
  - → Swedish: durk
Old Dutch: *thurruk, *thurrik
- Middle Dutch: dorrick, durck, dorck
  - Dutch: durk, dork