Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skūrō

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 1

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱēwer- (“north; north wind; cold wind; rain shower”). Cognate with Russian се́вер (séver, “(the) north, the Arctic”), Limburgish šiaurė and Latin caurus.

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱew- (“to stir up, excite”); or from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱew- (“sky, cloud”).

Noun

*skūrō f

Descendants

Old English: sċūr, sċēor
- Middle English: shour, schour, schur, showre, schowre, shower
  - English: shower
  - Scots: schour, shower
Old Frisian: *skūr, schur
- Saterland Frisian: Skuur
Old Saxon: skūr
- Middle Low German: schūr
  - Westphalian:
    Münsterländer: Schuur (Westmünsterländisch)
    
    East Westphalian: Schiur (Ravensberger)
  - Plautdietsch: Schua
Old Dutch: *scūr
- Middle Dutch: schure
Old High German: scūr
- Middle High German: schūre, schūr, schoure, schour
  - German: Schauer
Old Norse: skúr
- Icelandic: skúr
- Faroese: skúrur
- Norwegian:
  Norwegian Nynorsk: skur
- Old Swedish: skūr
  - Swedish: skur, skura
- Old Danish: skwr, skywr
  - Danish: skur, skure
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍂𐌰 (skūra)

Noun

*skūrō f

shelter, shack

Descendants

Old Frisian: skūre
- West Frisian: skuorre
Old Saxon: skūr
- Middle Low German: schūr, schure, schüre
  - → Estonian: kuur
- Old High German: scūr (probably; perhaps native)
  - Middle High German: schūr
    - German: Schauer (dialectal)
Old Dutch: skūra
- Middle Dutch: schure
  - Dutch: schuur
Old High German: skiura, skūra
- - → Italian: scuro
- Middle High German: schiure, schūre
  - German: Scheuer
  - Transylvanian Saxon: Schyre, Schure
    - → Romanian: șură

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