Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tīgr

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tigris (“tiger”).

Noun

*tīgr m

1. tiger

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tīgr
Genitive	*tīgras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tīgr	*tīgrō, *tīgrōs
Accusative	*tīgr	*tīgrā
Genitive	*tīgras	*tīgrō
Dative	*tīgrē	*tīgrum
Instrumental	*tīgru	*tīgrum

Alternative reconstructions

• *tigr

Derived terms

• *tigradeuʀ
  • Old Saxon: *tigardior
    • Middle Low German: tīgerdēr
      • → Swedish: tigerdjur (partial calque)
  • Old High German: tigirtior, tigritior
    • Middle High German: tigertier
      • German: Tigertier (archaic)
        • ⇒ German: Tiger (backfromation)
        • ⇒ Luxembourgish: Tiger (backfromation)

Descendants

• Old English: tīger
  • Middle English: tygre, tygur, tygyr, tigre, tiger, teger, tegre (partially from Old French)
    • English: tiger (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: teeger
• Old Saxon: *tīgar
  • Middle Low German: tîger
    • German Low German: Tieger
    • → Danish: tiger
    • → Norwegian: tiger
    • → Swedish: tiger
    • → West Frisian: tiger
• Old Dutch: *tīgir
  • Middle Dutch: tîger, tîgher, tyger
    • Dutch: tijger, tieger (archaic, dialectal), tiger (archaic, dialectal)
      • Afrikaans: tier
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: tigri
      • Sranan Tongo: tigri
      • → West Frisian: tijger
    • Limburgish: tieger