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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þunr

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

From Proto-Germanic *þunraz.

Noun

*þunr m[1]

  1. thunder

Inflection
Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *þunr
Genitive *þunras
Singular Plural
Nominative *þunr *þunrō, *þunrōs
Accusative *þunr *þunrā
Genitive *þunras *þunrō
Dative *þunrē *þunrum
Instrumental *þunru *þunrum

Descendants
  • Old English: þunor, þunar, þunur, þuner, þonor
    • Middle English: thonder
      • English: thunder
      • Scots: thuner, thunder, thundir
      • Yola: dhunder, dunder
  • Old Frisian: thuner
  • Old Saxon: thunar, thuner
  • Old Dutch: *thonar
  • Old High German: donar, thonar
    • Middle High German: toner, doner
      • Central Franconian:
        Hunsrik: Dunner
        Luxembourgish: Donner
      • German: Donner
      • Rhine Franconian: Dunner
        Frankfurterisch: IPA [d̥onæ̆], (possible pre-1825 pronunciation) [d̥unæ̆]
      • Vilamovian: dunyn (likely a plural form of *duner)
      • Yiddish: דונער (duner)

References
  1. Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 328: “PWGmc *þunr”
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