Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gurą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm; hot”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣu.rɑ̃/

Noun

*gurą n

Half-digested stomach contents
manure; dung; feces
filth; muck

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *gurą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gurą	*gurō
vocative	*gurą	*gurō
accusative	*gurą	*gurō
genitive	guras, guris	*gurǫ̂
dative	*gurai	*guramaz
instrumental	*gurō	*guramiz

Related terms

*gurwijaz (adjective)

Descendants

Old English: gor; (gyr, gyre, gyra, gyru)
- Middle English: gor, gorre, gore; (güre, girre, gire)
  - Scots: goor, gure
  - English: gore
Old Frisian: (gēre, iēre, jēre)
- Saterland Frisian: (Jirre)
- West Frisian: (jarre)
Old Saxon: *gor; (*goru)
- Middle Low German: gore; gore, gorre
Old Dutch: gor (in placenames); (*gori (adjective))
- Middle Dutch: ghoor, goor; (goor, gore; gier, ghier (adjective))
  - Dutch: (goor); (gier)
    - Afrikaans: goor
Old High German: gor; (gurigabala)
- Middle High German: gor
  - German: Gur, Guhr (archaic, dialectal)
Old Norse: gor; (gjǫr
- Icelandic: gor; gjör)
- Faroese: gor
- Norwegian: gor
- Swedish: gorr, går
  - Gothenburghian gör
- Old Danish: gor

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