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

male calf, young bull
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

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