Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/utraz

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 *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈut.rɑz/

Noun

*utraz m

1. otter

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *utraz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*utraz	*utrōz, *utrōs
vocative	*utr	*utrōz, *utrōs
accusative	*utrą	*utranz
genitive	*utras, *utris	*utrǫ̂
dative	*utrai	*utramaz
instrumental	*utrō	*utramiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *otr
  • Old English: otr, oter, ottor, otor
    • Middle English: oter, otir, otur, otyre
      • Scots: otter
      • English: otter
  • Old Frisian: *otter
    • Saterland Frisian: Otter
    • West Frisian: otter
  • Old Saxon: *ottar
    • Middle Low German: otter
      • German Low German: Otter
  • Old Dutch: *ottar
    • Middle Dutch: otter
      • Dutch: otter
        • Berbice Creole Dutch: otro
      • Limburgish: ódder
  • Old High German: ottar
    • Middle High German: otter
      • German: Otter
• Old Norse: otr
  • Icelandic: otur
  • Faroese: otur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oter
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oter
  • Old Swedish: uter, oter
    • Swedish: utter
  • Danish: odder