Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/targijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *derHgʰ- (“to pull, tug, irritate”). Cognate with Russian дёргать (djórgatʹ, “to pull, yank, jerk, pluck up”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
*targijaną
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *targijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *targijan
- Old English: tergan, tiergan, tyrgan, tirgan, tirian; tierwan
- Old Frisian: *tergia, *targia
- Old Saxon: *targian, *tergian
- Old Dutch: *tergen
- Old High German: zergen
- Lombardic: *zergen
- → Vulgar Latin: *zergō
- Italian: zerigare (Tuscan)
- ⇒ Venetian: inzeregà
- ⇒ Italian: zerga (“anger”)
- ⇒ Italian: inzergassi
- → Vulgar Latin: *zergō