Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Maur

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

Borrowed from Latin Maurus.

Noun

*Maur m

a Moor, Mauritanian Vandal
person with dark skin

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Maur
Genitive	*Mauras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Maur	*Maurōs
Accusative	*Maur	*Maurā
Genitive	*Mauras	*Maurō
Dative	*Maurē	*Maurum
Instrumental	*Mauru	*Maurum

Derived terms

*Maurawald
- Old English: Mōrweald
- Old High German: Mōrolt
*Maurawulf
- Old English: Mōrwulf
- Old High German: Maorolf

Descendants

Old Saxon: Mōr
- Middle Low German: môre
  - → Danish: mor
  - → Swedish: mor
Old Dutch: *Mōr
- Middle Dutch: moor
  - Dutch: Moor
    - Afrikaans: Moor
Old High German: Mōr
- Middle High German: mōr, mōre
  - German: Mohr

Further reading

Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “Mōr (1)”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[1] (in German), 6th edition: “germ. *Mōr”
Forssner, Thorvald (1916), Continental-Germanic personal names in England in Old and Middle English times‎^[2], Uppsala: Appelbergs Boktryckeri, page 192: “*Maura-”
Förstemann, Ernst (1900), “MAURA.”, in Altdeutsches Namenbuch‎^[3] (in German), 2nd edition, volume I: Personennamen, Bonn: P. Hanstein's Verlag, →OCLC, column 1116