Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurisaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*þursaz

Etymology

Derived from *þurēnan, which is etymologically connected to Vedic Sanskrit तुर (tura, “speedy, quick, strong, powerful, rich”) (from Proto-Indo-European *twerH- (“to hasten, be quick”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθu.ri.sɑz/

Noun

*þurisaz m

giant; demon; monster
name of the þ-rune

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þurisaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þurisaz	þurisōz, þurisōs
vocative	*þuris	þurisōz, þurisōs
accusative	*þurisą	*þurisanz
genitive	þurisas, þurisis	*þurisǫ̂
dative	*þurisai	*þurisamaz
instrumental	*þurisō	*þurisamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þuris
- Old English: þyrs, ðyrs
  - Middle English: thurs, thirs, thrisse, thrusse, thurse, thursse, thyrce, þurs
    - English: thurse
- Old Saxon: thuris
- Old High German: duris, turs
  - Middle High German: turse, türse, torse
    - German: Turse
Old Norse: þurs, þuss
- Icelandic: þurs
- Faroese: tussur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tuss, tusse
- Norwegian Bokmål: tuss, tusse
- Swedish: tuss, tusse (dialectal)
- Old Danish: tusse, tosse
  - Danish: tosse
- → Scottish Gaelic: tursa
→ Proto-Finnic: *tursas (see there for further descendants)

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 429–430

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