Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tah(h)r

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *tahrą.

Noun edit

*tah(h)r n^[1]

tear (eye liquid)

Inflection edit

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tah(h)r
Genitive	*tah(h)ras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tah(h)r	*tah(h)ru
Accusative	*tah(h)r	*tah(h)ru
Genitive	*tah(h)ras	*tah(h)rō
Dative	*tah(h)rē	*tah(h)rum
Instrumental	*tah(h)ru	*tah(h)rum

Derived terms edit

*tah(h)rijan

Descendants edit

Old English: tēar, tæhher, tǣr, teagor
- Middle English: teer, teere, ter, tere; tær, tear; tyer, tyear, tyar
  - English: tear
  - Middle Scots: tear, tere, teir, tichwr, tychir
    - Scots: tear, taer, tare, teir
Old Frisian: tār
Old High German: zahar, zahhar
- Middle High German: zaher, zeher
  - German: Zähre
- → Middle Low German: zâhē, zaahe

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *tahr, *tahhra-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *tahr, *tahhra-”

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