Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/targǭ

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (“fenced lot”), or from Proto-Indo-European *dergʰ- (“to catch, grasp”). Cognate with Lithuanian daržas (“border, halo, enclosure, garden”), Old Church Slavonic подрагъ (podragŭ, “hem, edge, rim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑr.ɣɔ̃ː/

Noun

*targǭ f

1. edge, rim, border

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *targǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*targǭ	*targōniz
vocative	*targǭ	*targōniz
accusative	*targōnų	*targōnunz
genitive	*targōniz	*targōnǫ̂
dative	*targōni	*targōmaz
instrumental	*targōnē	*targōmiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *targā
  • Old English: targe; targa m (< *targô)
    • Middle English: targe, terge; targette, target
      • Scots: targ, targe, tairge; target
      • English: targe; target
  • Old Saxon: *targa
    • >? Middle Low German: targe
  • Old Dutch: *targa
    • Middle Dutch: targe, taerge
      • Dutch: targe
  • → Old French: targue, tarque, targe; *targuette
    • Middle French: targe
      • French: targe
    • → Medieval Latin: targa; tarcheta
      • → Italian: targa; targhetta
      • → Spanish: tarja; tarjeta
      • → Portuguese: tarja
      • → Galician: targa
  • Old High German: zarga
    • Middle High German: zarge
      • German: Zarge
• Old Norse: targa
  • Icelandic: targa