Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wurzô

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

Uncertain; possibly from or related to Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn (“virile man; male animal”), or perhaps from a lost substrate.

Noun

*(w)urzô ~ *ūrziniz m^[1]

grouse

Inflection

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Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *worʀō ~ *ūrzini
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *ūrʀahōn
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *worʀahanō
Old Norse: orri
- Danish: urfugl
- Faroese: orri
- Icelandic: orri
- Norwegian Bokmål: orre, orrfugl
- Norwegian Nynorsk: orre, orrfugl
- Swedish: orre
- Elfdalian: uorre m, yrkne, ynn f

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*urzan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*urzan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561

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