or-
Old English
prefix
Definitions
- original
- former
- ex-, out of
- without, lacking
- causing deprivation, privative
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *uz- (out, up, out-) derived from Proto-Indo-European *uss-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*uss-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- or- English
- er- Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰrēḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *uds- Proto-Indo-European
- *uss- Proto-Indo-European
- *dwaiskijaną Proto-Germanic
- *mōtijô Proto-Germanic
- *rīsaną Proto-Germanic
- *uz- Proto-Germanic
- *uzlugi- Proto-Germanic
- *uzrīsaną Proto-Germanic
- a- Old English
- æmetta Old English
- ā- Old English
- ābreġdan Old English
- ābītan Old English
- ācumba Old English
- ādwǣsċan Old English
- āgān Old English
- ǣmtiġ Old English
- or- Middle English
- er- Middle Dutch
- ver- Middle Dutch
- ir- Old High German
- ur- Old High German
- ur-, ir- Old High German
- ur- Middle High German
- 𐌿𐍃- Gothic
- אור־ Yiddish
- ur- Old Dutch
- orsake Middle Low German
- a- Old Saxon
- ā- Old Saxon
- orsagh Old Danish