Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurisaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Alternative forms

*þursaz

Noun

*þurisaz m

giant; demon; monster
name of the þ-rune

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þurisaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þurisaz	þurisōz, þurisōs
vocative	*þuris	þurisōz, þurisōs
accusative	*þurisą	*þurisanz
genitive	þurisas, þurisis	*þurisǫ̂
dative	*þurisai	*þurisamaz
instrumental	*þurisō	*þurisamiz

Descendants

Old English: þyrs, ðyrs
- Middle English: þurs, thurse, thursse, thyrce, thurs, thirs
  - English: thurse
Old Saxon: thuris
Old High German: duris, durs
- Middle High German: turse, türse, torse
  - German: Turse
Old Norse: þurs, þuss
- Old Danish: tusse, tosse
  - Danish: tosse
- Faroese: tussur
- Icelandic: þurs
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: tuss, tusse
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: tuss, tusse
- Swedish: tuss, tusse (dialectal)
- → Scottish Gaelic: tursa
→ Finnish: Tursas, turso

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