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Etymology edit

From Proto-Hellenic *dérō, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (to tear, tear apart).

Cognate with English tear, Scots tere, teir, tair (to rend, lacerate, wound, rip, tear out), Lithuanian dìrti (to flay), Dutch teren (to eliminate, efface, live, survive by consumption), German zehren (to consume, misuse), German zerren (to tug, rip, tear), Danish tære (to consume), Swedish tära (to fret, consume, deplete, use up), Icelandic tæra (to clear, corrode).

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Verb edit

δέρω (dérō)

  1. to skin, flay

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Descendants edit

  • Greek: δέρνω (dérno)

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