Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dur

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 *durz.

Noun

*dur f

1. door, hatch, flap

Reconstruction notes

No West Germanic language preserves the consonant stem inflection intact, descendants variously reflect a u-stem and an i-stem. Old Norse however reflects a consonant stem plurale tantum, which is likely the source of the i-stem inflection in Old High German and Old Dutch. Old English and Old Saxon show a u-stem noun, which can derive from the original accusative singular and dative plural.

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*dur
Genitive	*duri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*dur	*duri
Accusative	*duru	*duri
Genitive	*duri	*dorō
Dative	*duri	*durum
Instrumental	*duri	*durum

Related terms

• *dor

Descendants

• Old English: duru, doru
  • Middle English: dore, doire, dure, dur
    • English: door
      • Sranan Tongo: doro
    • Scots: dure, dur
    • Yola: dher
• Old Frisian: dure, dore
  • North Frisian:
    • Föhr-Amrum: dör
    • Mooring, Sylt: döör
  • Saterland Frisian: Doore
  • West Frisian: doar
• Old Saxon: duru
  • Middle Low German: dȫr, dȫre
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:

        Hamburgisch: Dör

        Westphalian:

        Westmünsterländisch: Dööre, Döör

    • Plautdietsch: Däa
• Old Dutch: duri
  • Middle Dutch: dōre, duere, dure
    • Dutch: deur
• Old High German: turi
  • Middle High German: türe
    • Alemannic German: Tüür, Tiire, Dire
    • Bavarian: Dia, Tia

      Cimbrian: tür

      Mòcheno: tir

    • Central Franconian: Dür, Diar

      Kölsch: Dör, Dür

    • East Central German: Thüa(r) (Egerländisch)

      Upper Saxon German: Düre

    • German: Tür, Türe
    • Luxembourgish: Dier
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Palatine German: Deer

      Pennsylvania German: Dier

    • Yiddish: טיר (tir)