Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/timrą

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 *dem- (“to build”). Cognate with Latin domus (“house; home”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtim.rɑ̃/

Noun

*timrą n

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *timrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*timrą	*timrō
vocative	*timrą	*timrō
accusative	*timrą	*timrō
genitive	timras, timris	*timrǫ̂
dative	*timrai	*timramaz
instrumental	*timrō	*timramiz

Derived terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *timr
- Old English: timber
  - Middle English: timber
    - English: timber
    - Scots: timmer, tymmer, tymer
- Old Frisian: timber, timmer
  - Saterland Frisian: Timmer
  - West Frisian: timmer
- Old Saxon: timbar
  - Middle Low German: timber, timmer
    - German Low German: Timmer
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Timmer
      Westmünsterländisch: Timmer
- Old Dutch: *timbar
  - Middle Dutch: timber, timmer
    - Dutch: timmer
- Old High German: zimbar
  - Middle High German: zimber, zimmer, zimer
    - German: Zimmer
    - Luxembourgish: Zëmmer
    - Yiddish: צימער (tsimer)
Old Norse: timbr
- Icelandic: timbur
- Faroese: timbur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: timber; (dialectal) tymbur, tymbr, tembr
- Old Swedish: timber
  - Swedish: timmer
- Old Danish: tymbær
  - Danish: tømmer
    - Norwegian Bokmål: tømmer
      - → Norwegian Nynorsk: tømmer