Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būrą

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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Noun

*būrą n

1. room, chamber
2. dwelling, residence

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *būrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*būrą	*būrō
vocative	*būrą	*būrō
accusative	*būrą	*būrō
genitive	*būras, *būris	*būrǫ̂
dative	*būrai	*būramaz
instrumental	*būrō	*būramiz

Related terms

• *būaną
• *būraz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *būr
  • Old English: būr
    • Middle English: bour, boure, bowre, bowur, bur (Early Middle English)
      • English: bower
      • Scots: bour
  • Old Frisian: būr (attested in plural būrar (“town, district”, literally “houses”))
    • Saterland Frisian: Búur
  • Old Saxon: *būr
    • Middle Low German: bûr
      • → German: -büren (in place names)
      • → Polabian: bör
  • Old Dutch: būr
    • Middle Dutch: buur, buer
  • → Old French: buiron
    • Middle French: buron
      • French: buron
  • → Norman: bur (possibly via Old Norse)
  • Old High German: būr, pūr
    • Middle High German: būr
      • German: Bauer (“birdcage”)
• Old Norse: búr
  • Icelandic: búr
  • Faroese: búr
  • Old Swedish: būr, ᛒᚢᚱ
    • Swedish: bur c
  • Danish: bur
  • Elfdalian: baur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bur
  • Jamtish: búr
• → Proto-Samic: *puvrē (see there for further descendants)