*neurô

Runic: ᚾᛖᚢᚱᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈneu̯.rɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

kidney
testicle

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *négʷʰrō. Cognate with Latin nefrōnēs pl (Praeneste) (Praeneste), nebrundinēs pl (Lanuvium), Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós) (nephrós), all meaning both “kidney” and “testicle”.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	neurô	neuraniz
Acc.	neuranų	neuranunz
Gen.	niuriniz	neuranǫ̂
Dat.	niurini	neurammaz
Inst.	niurinē	neurammiz
Voc.	neurô	neuraniz

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Descendants

*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nioro (Old Dutch)
  - niere (Middle Dutch)
    - neer (Limburgish)
*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nioro (Old Dutch)
  - niere (Middle Dutch)
    - nier (Dutch)
      - nier (Afrikaans)
      - nier (Negerhollands)
      - nir, nier (Papiamentu)
*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nēora, *nīora (Old English)
  - nēre, neere (Middle English)
    - near (English)
    - neer, nere, neir (Scots)
*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nēora, *nīora (Old English)
  - nēre, neere (Middle English)
    - kidenēre, kidnēre (Middle English)
      - kidney (English)
*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *niura, *niūra, *niūre (Old Frisian)
  - Njúre (Saterland Frisian)
  - nier (West Frisian)
*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nioro (Old High German)
  - niere (Middle High German)
    - Nier (Hunsrik)
    - Néier (Luxembourgish)
    - ניר (nir) (Yiddish)
*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- nioro (Old High German)
  - niere (Middle High German)
    - Niere (German)
      - Nier (Luxembourgish)
*neurō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nioro (Old Saxon)
  - nêre (Middle Low German)
    - Niere, Nier, Neer (German Low German)
    - Nia (Plautdietsch)
nýra (Old Norse)
- niųora, niųore (Elfdalian)
- nýra (Faroese)
- nýra (Icelandic)
- nyr (Norn)
- nyre (Norwegian)
- vig-niauri (Old Gutnish)
nýra (Old Norse)
- nyræ, niuræ (Old Danish)
  - nyre (Danish)
nýra (Old Norse)
- niūre (Old Swedish)
  - njure (Swedish)

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