Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aurī

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *auraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯.riː/

Noun

*aurī f

1. a river bank, or sandbank at the river’s mouth

Inflection

ī/jō-stemDeclension of *aurī (ī/jō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*aurī	*aurijôz
vocative	*aurī	*aurijôz
accusative	*aurijǭ	*aurijōz
genitive	*aurijōz	*aurijǫ̂
dative	*aurijōi	*aurijōmaz
instrumental	*aurijō	*aurijōmiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: eyrr
  • Icelandic: eyri f
  • Faroese: oyri f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: øyr f
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: øyr m or f
  • Swedish: ör c
  • Danish: ør c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: ør m or f
  • ⇒ English: ayre (via Norn)
  • ⇒ Scots: air (Etym 5)
  • → Scottish Gaelic: tiùrr