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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/auraz

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

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly a secondary vṛddhi full-grade of Proto-Indo-European *Huh₁-ró-s (compare Lithuanian jáura (“marsh”), jū́ra (“sea”), Old Prussian wurs (“pool”)), from *Hweh₁- (“water”) +‎ *-rós. Cognate with Sanskrit वार् (vā́r, “water; pond, pool”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯.rɑz/

Noun

*auraz m[3]

  1. wet sand or earth, mud
    Synonyms: *fangō, *gurą, *gurwijō, *muþraz
  2. liquid, water, sea
    Synonym: *ahwō

Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *auraz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *auraz *aurōz, *aurōs
vocative *aur *aurōz, *aurōs
accusative *aurą *auranz
genitive *auras, *auris *aurǫ̂
dative *aurai *auramaz
instrumental *aurō *auramiz
  • *ūrą
    • Old Norse: úr
  • *warô

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 126
  2. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “vā́r-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 544-545
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
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