*uz-

Runic: ᚢᛉ- Pronunciation: /uz/

prefix

Function

up, out

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ud-s- (‘up, out’), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (‘up, out’); or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s- (‘off, from’), related to Latin au-, Sanskrit अव- (ava-) (ava-, ‘off, down’). Etymologically identical with Proto-Germanic *uz (‘out, out of’).

Descendants

  • *uʀ- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ur-, or- (Old Dutch)
      • or-, oor- (Middle Dutch)
        • oor- (Dutch)
  • *uʀ- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • or- (Old English)
      • or- (Middle English)
        • or- (English)
  • *uʀ- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • or- (Old Frisian)
      • uur- (Saterland Frisian)
      • oar- (West Frisian)
  • *uʀ- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ur- (Old High German)
      • ur- (Middle High German)
        • אור־ (ur-) (Yiddish)
  • *uʀ- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ur- (Old High German)
      • ur- (Middle High German)
        • ur- (German)
          • oer- (Dutch)
          • ur- (English)
  • *uʀ- (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ur-, or- (Old Saxon)
      • or- (Middle Low German)
        • oor- (German Low German)
  • ør- (Old Norse)
    • ør- (Norwegian Bokmål)
    • ør- (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • 𐌿𐍃- (us-) (Gothic)

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