*ūrą

Runic: ᚢᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈuː.rɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

  1. liquid, especially water, urine, rain
  2. wetness

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *uh₁r-, zero grade form of *weh₁r- (‘water’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.ūrąūrō
Acc.ūrąūrō
Gen.ūras, ūrisūrǫ̂
Dat.ūraiūramaz
Inst.ūrōūramiz
Voc.ūrąūrō

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Descendants

  • úr (Old Norse)
    • úr (Faroese)
    • úr, ýra (Icelandic)
  • úr (Old Norse)
    • *ur (Early Scots)
      • ure, ur, oor (Scots)
        • urey, oorie, ourie (Scots)
  • úr (Old Norse)
    • starur, äur (Gutnish)
      • ur, äur (Swedish)
  • úr (Old Norse)
    • ? (Norwegian)
      • ur, yr, yra (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • ur, yr, yra (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  • úr (Old Norse)
    • ur (Old Danish)
      • ur (Danish)
  • úr (Old Norse)
    • ūr (Old Swedish)
      • ur, yr, yra (Swedish)
  • úr (Old Norse)
    • ūr (Old Swedish)
      • urr (Swedish)
        • urrigt (Swedish)

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