Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tibrą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dipró- (“sacrificial animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyp-. Compare Ancient Greek δεῖπνον (deîpnon, “meal, dinner”).

Noun

*tibrą n

  1. sacrifice, offering

Inflection

Declension of *tibrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tibrą *tibrō
vocative *tibrą *tibrō
accusative *tibrą *tibrō
genitive *tibras, *tibris *tibrǫ̂
dative *tibrai *tibramaz
instrumental *tibrō *tibramiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tibr, *tībr
    • Old English: tiber, tifer
    • Old High German: zebar
      • Middle High German: ziber, zifer
        • German: Ziefer
        • ⇒ Middle High German: unziber, unzifer
          • German: Unziefer
        • ⇒ Middle High German: ungezibere, ungeziber
    • Lombardic: ziber
    • → Old French: toivre (“cattle, livestock, beast”)
  • Old Norse: tífurr, tívurr (possibly borrowed from Old English)
  • >? Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍂 (aibr) (error for *𐍄𐌹𐌱𐍂 (*tibr))
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