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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/būrą

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 *bʰuH-.[1]

Noun

*būrą n

  1. room, chamber
  2. dwelling, residence
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *būrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *būrą *būrō
vocative *būrą *būrō
accusative *būrą *būrō
genitive *būras, *būris *būrǫ̂
dative *būrai *būramaz
instrumental *būrō *būramiz
Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *būr
    • Old English: būr
    • Old Frisian: būr (attested in plural būrar (“town, district”, literally “houses”))
      • Saterland Frisian: Búur
    • Old Saxon: *būr
      • Middle Low German: bûr
        • → German: -büren (in place names)
        • → Polabian: bör
    • Old Dutch: būr
    • → Old French: buiron
    • → Norman: bur (possibly via Old Norse)
    • Old High German: būr, pūr
      • Middle High German: būr
        • German: Bauer (“birdcage”)
  • Old Norse: búr
  • → Proto-Samic: *puvrē (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “Būra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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