Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/neurô

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 Proto-Indo-European *négʷʰrō. Cognate with Latin nefrōnēs (Praeneste), nebrundinēs (Lanuvium), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈneu̯.rɔːː/

Noun

*neurô m

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *neurô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*neurô	*neuraniz
vocative	*neurô	*neuraniz
accusative	*neuranų	*neuranunz
genitive	*niuriniz	*neuranǫ̂
dative	*niurini	*neurammaz
instrumental	*niurinē	*neurammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *neurō
- Old English: *nēora, *nīora
  - Middle English: nēre, neere
    - Scots: neer, nere, neir
    - ⇒ Middle English: kidenēre, kidnēre
      - English: kidney
- Old Frisian: *niura, *niūra; *niūre
  - Saterland Frisian: Njúre
  - West Frisian: nier
- Old Saxon: *nioro
  - Middle Low German: nêre
    - German Low German: Niere, Nier, Neer
    - Plautdietsch: Nia
- Old Dutch: *nioro
  - Middle Dutch: niere f
    - Dutch: nier
      - Afrikaans: nier
      - Negerhollands: nier
      - → Papiamentu: nir, nier
- Old High German: nioro
  - Middle High German: niere
    - German: Niere f
      - → Luxembourgish: Nier
    - Hunsrik: Nier
    - Luxembourgish: Néier (archaic, but see Éierchen)
    - Yiddish: ניר (nir)
Old Norse: nýra
- Icelandic: nýra
- Faroese: nýra
- Norn: nyr
- Norwegian: nyre
- Old Swedish: niūre
  - Swedish: njure
- Old Danish: nyræ, niuræ
  - Danish: nyre
- Elfdalian: niųora, niųore
- ⇒ Old Gutnish: vig-niauri

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