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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sūraz

This Proto-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-Germanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *súHros (sour, salty, bitter). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀras (salty, bitter), Old Prussian suris (soured milk cheese).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*sūraz

  1. sour, acidic

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sūra-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493