*durz

Runic: ᛞᚢᚱᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdurz/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

door, hatch, flap

Etymology

Likely back-formed from *dʰur-ih₁, an old neuter dual form, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-. Related to *durą (‘big door, gate’) and *durīz (‘door’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	durz	duriz
Acc.	durų	durunz
Gen.	duriz	durǫ̂
Dat.	duri	durumaz
Inst.	durē	durumiz
Voc.	dur	duriz

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Descendants

*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- duri, dura (Old Dutch)
  - dōre (Middle Dutch)
    - deur (Dutch)
    - däör (Limburgish)
    - deure (West Flemish)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- duru, doru (Old English)
  - dore, doire, dure, dur, dirre (Middle English)
    - door (English)
    - dure, dur (Scots)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- dure, dore (Old Frisian)
  - Doore (Saterland Frisian)
  - doar (West Frisian)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- dure, dore (Old Frisian)
  - döör (Sylt)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- turi (Old High German)
  - tür, tur, ture, dur, dor (Middle High German)
    - Tüür, Tiire, Dire (Alemannic German)
    - Tür, Türe (German)
    - טיר (tir) (Yiddish)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- turi (Old High German)
  - tür, tur, ture, dur, dor (Middle High German)
    - Dia (Bavarian)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- turi (Old High German)
  - tür, tur, ture, dur, dor (Middle High German)
    - Dür (Central Franconian)
      - Dier (Luxembourgish)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- turi (Old High German)
  - tür, tur, ture, dur, dor (Middle High German)
    - Thüar (East Central German)
      - Düre (Upper Saxon German)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- turi (Old High German)
  - tür, tur, ture, dur, dor (Middle High German)
    - Deer, Diir (Rhine Franconian)
      - Dier (Pennsylvania German)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- duru (Old Saxon)
  - dȫr, dȫre (Middle Low German)
    - Däa (Plautdietsch)
*dur (Proto-West Germanic)
- duru (Old Saxon)
  - dȫr, dȫre (Middle Low German)
    - Dör (Low German)
      - Door, Döör (Low German)
dyrr (Old Norse)
- dør (Danish)
- dyr (Faroese)
- dyr (Icelandic)
dyrr (Old Norse)
- dør (Norwegian Bokmål)
- dør (Norwegian Nynorsk)
dyrr (Old Norse)
- dyr (Old Swedish)
  - dörr (Swedish)

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