Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mauraz

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 pre-Germanic *mowros, in which *mowr- is believed to be a metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *mor-w- (“ant”). Compare the synonym *miurijǭ.

Noun

*mauraz m(North Germanic)

1. ant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *mauraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*mauraz	*maurōz, *maurōs
vocative	*maur	*maurōz, *maurōs
accusative	*maurą	*mauranz
genitive	*mauras, *mauris	*maurǫ̂
dative	*maurai	*mauramaz
instrumental	*maurō	*mauramiz

Synonyms

• *miurijǭ

Descendants

• Old Norse: maurr
  • Danish: myre c
    • Norwegian Bokmål: myre m (riksmål)
  • Faroese: meyra f
  • Icelandic: maur m
  • Jamtish: mour
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Bokmål: maur m
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: maur m
  • Old Swedish: mȳra m, *mør (in mørastakker)
    • Swedish: myra c
  • Westrobothnian: möur
  • → Middle English: mowre