Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/uz-

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

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

Prefix

*uz-

up, out

Derived terms

► <a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Germanic_verbs_prefixed_with_*uz-' title='Category:Proto-Germanic verbs prefixed with *uz-'>Proto-Germanic verbs prefixed with *uz-</a>

► <a href='/wiki/Category:Proto-Germanic_nonverbs_prefixed_with_*uz-' title='Category:Proto-Germanic nonverbs prefixed with *uz-'>Proto-Germanic nonverbs prefixed with *uz-</a>

Descendants

The descendants differ depending on whether the prefix was unstressed (in verbs) or stressed (in other parts of speech):

Stressed:

Old English: or-
- Middle English: or-
  - English: or-
Old Frisian: or-
- Saterland Frisian: uur-
- West Frisian: oar-
Old Saxon: ur-, or-
- Middle Low German: or-
  - German Low German: oor-
Old Dutch: ur-, or-
- Middle Dutch: or-, oor-
  - Dutch: oor-
Old High German: ur-
- German: ur-
  - English: ur-
  - Dutch: oer-
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃- (us-)

Unstressed:

Old English: ā-, ǣ-
- Middle English: a-
  - English: a-
Old Saxon: ā-
- Middle Low German: er-
Old Dutch: ir-, ā-
- Middle Dutch: er-
  - Dutch: er-
Old High German: ir-, er-
- Middle High German: er-
  - German: er-
    - → Swedish: er-
Gothic: 𐌿𐍃- (us-)

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