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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gauraz

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

From Pre-Germanic *gʰowro-s, probably from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewH- (to call on, invoke) or from *gʰewro-. Cognate with Old Irish gúre (pain, pang), Sanskrit घोर (ghora, terrible), Proto-Slavic *žuriti (to rage), and Lithuanian žiaurùs.[1]

Adjective

*gauraz[1]

  1. sad, sorrowful

Inflection


  • *gurniz
    • Proto-West Germanic: *gurni

Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gaura-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 172
  2. Weijnen, A.A. (2003) “gor”, in Etymologisch dialectwoordenboek (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, page 127
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