Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mūrā

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 mūrus.

Noun

*mūrā f

wall
Synonym: *wall

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*mūrā
Genitive	*mūrōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*mūrā	*mūrōn
Accusative	*mūrōn	*mūrōn
Genitive	*mūrōn	*mūrōnō
Dative	*mūrōn	mūrōm, mūrum
Instrumental	*mūrōn	mūrōm, mūrum

Descendants

Old English: mūr m
- Middle English: mur (contaminated by Old French)
  - English: mure
- → Old Norse: múrr
  - Danish: mur
  - Faroese: múrur
  - Icelandic: múr
  - Norwegian: mur
  - → Swedish: mur
    - → Finnish: muuri
Old Frisian: mūre
- West Frisian: muorre
Old Saxon: mūra
- Middle Low German: mûre, mü̂re, müre, myre, more, möre, mûr, mü̂r, mör
  - German Low German: Müre, Müür
Old Dutch: mūra, mūr
- Middle Dutch: muur
  - Dutch: muur
    - Afrikaans: muur
    - Negerhollands: muur
  - Limburgish: moer
  - West Flemish: meur
Old High German: mūra, mūri
- Middle High German: mūre, miure, mūr, miur
  - Alemannic German: Muur
  - Central Franconian: Muur, Mauer, Mouer
  - German: Mauer
  - Hunsrik: Mauer
  - Luxembourgish: Mauer
  - Rhine Franconian: Mauer, Muur
    Frankfurterisch: [mauæ̆]
  - Yiddish: מויער (moyer)
  - → Polish: mur (see there for further descendants)

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