Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ūdarą

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

*eudarą

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”). Cognate with Latin ūber.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ðɑ.rɑ̃/

Noun

*ūdarą n

udder
breast

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *ūdarą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ūdarą	*ūdarō
vocative	*ūdarą	*ūdarō
accusative	*ūdarą	*ūdarō
genitive	ūdaras, ūdaris	*ūdarǫ̂
dative	*ūdarai	*ūdaramaz
instrumental	*ūdarō	*ūdaramiz

Descendants

Old English: ūder
- Middle English: udder, uddyr, iddyr
  - English: udder
  - Scots: udder, uther, ether
Old Frisian: ūder, jāder
- Saterland Frisian: Jadder
- West Frisian: jaar
Old Saxon: ūder, ioder, ieder, geder
- Middle Low German: ûder, jeder
  - German Low German: Jüdder, Jidder, Jadder
Old Dutch: *ūdar
- Middle Dutch: uder, uyder, uider
  - Dutch: uier
Old High German: ūter, ūtar, ūtaro, ūtiro
- Middle High German: ūter, iuter
  - Cimbrian: autar
  - German: Euter
  - Luxembourgish: Auder
Old Norse: *júðr, júgr, júr (< *eudurą)
- Icelandic: júgur
- Faroese: júgur
- Norwegian: jur
- Old Swedish: iūgher, iūver
  - Swedish: juver
- Old Danish: *iūghær
  - Danish: yver
- Westrobothnian: jur
- Elfdalian: juor
- Gutnish: jaur
- Scanian: ýr
- Middle English: ȝowre
  - → Scots: ure, ewer
  - → English: ewer, yure (dialectal)

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