Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tard

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

Unknown. Suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, tear”), whence *teran (“to tear”).

Adjective

*tard

1. tender

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*tard
Genitive	*tardas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*tard	*tardu	*tard
Accusative	*tardanā	*tardā	*tard
Genitive	*tardas	*tardeʀā	*tardas
Dative	*tardumē	*tardeʀē	*tardumē
Instrumental	*tardu	*tardeʀu	*tardu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*tardē	*tardō	*tardu
Accusative	*tardā	*tardā	*tardu
Genitive	*tardeʀō	*tardeʀō	*tardeʀō
Dative	*tardēm, *tardum	*tardēm, *tardum	*tardēm, *tardum
Instrumental	*tardēm, *tardum	*tardēm, *tardum	*tardēm, *tardum

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *tard
  • Middle Low German: tart
• Old Dutch: *tard, *tart
  • Middle Dutch: taert
    • ⇒ Middle Dutch: vertaert
      • Dutch: vertaart, vertaard
• Old High German: zart
  • Middle High German: zart
    • Bavarian:

      Viennese: zårt

    • German: zart
      • → Danish: sart
      • → Swedish: sart
    • Luxembourgish: zaart
    • → Middle Dutch: tsaert, saert
      • → Saterland Frisian: tsoart
  • → Middle Low German: tzart, zart, sart
    • German Low German: zart