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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gurni

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 *gurniz, related to *gauraz (“sad, sorrowful”).[1]

Noun

*gurni f

  1. sorrow, misfortune

Inflection
i-stem
Singular
Nominative *gurni
Genitive *gurnī
Singular Plural
Nominative *gurni *gurnī
Accusative *gurni *gurnī
Genitive *gurnī *gurnijō
Dative *gurnī *gurnim, *gurnijum
Instrumental *gurnī *gurnim, *gurnijum

Derived terms
  • *gurnōn
    • Old Saxon: gornon

Descendants
  • Old English: gyrn, gryn
    • ⇒ Old English: gyrnstafas (“injury, affliction”)
    • ⇒ Old English: gyrnwracu (“revenge for injury”)

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
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