Where does “oure” come from?

oure (Middle English) comes from Old English ūr, from Proto-West Germanic ūr, from Proto-Germanic ūraz, from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- — aurochs; buffalo.

oure (Middle English): our; my, mine; aurochs

Definitions

  1. our; my, mine; aurochs

Ancestry of “oure”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishūraurochs
2Proto-West Germanicūraurochs
3Proto-Germanicūrazaurochs
4Proto-Indo-Europeanūsr-aurochs; buffalo

Words derived from “oure”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ūr →