Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ

This Proto-Norse 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-Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsom.

Noun

*ᛞᛖᚢᛉᚨ (*deuʀa) n

1. animal

Descendants

• Old West Norse: dýr, djór
  • Icelandic: dýr
  • Faroese: dýr, djór
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dyr
• Old East Norse: diūʀ
  • Old Swedish: diūr, ᚦᛁᚢᚱ
    • Swedish: djur
  • Old Danish: diūr
    • Danish: dyr, (obsolete) djur
      • Norwegian Bokmål: dyr
• Old Gutnish: diaur
  • Gutnish: djaur
• → Proto-Samic: *tivrē (see there for further descendants)