Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/taru
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
Presumably from Proto-Germanic *tarwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dér(H)-uh₂ ~ *dr̥(H)-wéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *der(H)- (“to tear, crack”).[1][2] Cognate with Lithuanian dirvà (“field”), Russian дере́вня (derévnja, “village, thorp”), Ancient Greek δάρατος (dáratos, “bread”), Sanskrit दूर्वा (dū́rvā, “panic grass, millet”), Welsh drewg (“darnel”).
Noun edit
*taru f
Inflection edit
wō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *taru | |
Genitive | *tarwā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *taru | *tarwō |
Accusative | *tarwā | *tarwā |
Genitive | *tarwā | *tarwō |
Dative | *tarwē | *tarwōm, *tarum |
Instrumental | *taru | *tarwōm, *tarum |
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*terwōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 514
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “tarwe”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *tarwō-”
- ^ “tā̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.