Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aurijaz

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

Borrowed from Latin aureus (gold coin).[1]

Noun

*aurijaz m[1] (North Germanic)

  1. an ounce
  2. a unit of currency

Inflection

Declension of *aurijaz (masculine ja-stem)
singular plural
nominative *aurijaz *aurijōz, *aurijōs
vocative *aurī *aurijōz, *aurijōs
accusative *auriją *aurijanz
genitive *aurijas, *aurīs *aurijǫ̂
dative *aurijai *aurijamaz
instrumental *aurijō *aurijamiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: eyrir
    • Icelandic: eyrir
    • Faroese: oyra
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: øyre m
    • Old Swedish: ø̄ri, ø̄re
    • Old Danish: øræ
      • Danish: øre
        • Norwegian Bokmål: øre
          • Norwegian Nynorsk: øre
    • Gutnish: öre
    • Finnish: äyri

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Jan de Vries (1977) [1957–1960], “eyrir”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 3rd edition, Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →OCLC, page 108.