Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/steur

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *steuraz.

Noun

*steur m

1. male calf, young bull
2. steer, castrated bull

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*steur
Genitive	*steuras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*steur	*steurō, *steurōs
Accusative	*steur	*steurā
Genitive	*steuras	*steurō
Dative	*steurē	*steurum
Instrumental	*steuru	*steurum

Derived terms

• *steuruk
  • Old English: stīrc
  • Old Saxon: *stierik
    • Middle Low German: sterke
      • → German: Sterk, Stärke, Starkec

Descendants

• Old English: stēor
  • Middle English: steer, steor, ster, stere
    • English: steer
    • Middle Scots: ster, stere, steir
      • Scots: steer
• Old Frisian: stiār
• Old Saxon: *stior, stier
  • Middle Low German: stēr
• Old Dutch: stier
  • Middle Dutch: stier
    • Dutch: stier
      • Afrikaans: stier
• Old High German: stior
  • Middle High German: stier
    • Alemannic German: Stier
    • German: Stier
    • Luxembourgish: Stéier