Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/diuriþu

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 *diuriþō. Equivalent to *diurī (“valuable, precious”) +‎ *-iþu (abstract noun suffix).

Noun

*diuriþu f

1. dearness, costliness, preciousness

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*diuriþu
Genitive	*diuriþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*diuriþu	*diuriþō
Accusative	*diuriþā	*diuriþā
Genitive	*diuriþā	*diuriþō
Dative	*diuriþē	*diuriþōm, *diuriþum
Instrumental	*diuriþu	*diuriþōm, *diuriþum

Descendants

• Old English: *dīerþu, *dīerþ
  • Middle English: derthe, derth, derþ, derþe, dierþe, dyrthe
    • English: dearth
    • Scots: dearth, darth, deart, daart
• Old Frisian: *diōrithe, *diōrthe
  • Saterland Frisian: Djuurte
  • West Frisian: djoerte
• Old Saxon: diuritha
  • Middle Low German: dǖrede, dûrete, dûrte
    • German Low German: Düürte
• Old Dutch: *diuritha
  • Middle Dutch: dierte, duurte
    • Dutch: duurte
      • Afrikaans: duurte
• Old High German: tiurida
  • Middle High German: tiurede, tiurde, tūrde