Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/timrą

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

Alternative forms

  • *timbrą

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dem(H)-ro-s, from *dem- (“to build”). Cognate with Latin domus (“house; home”), Ancient Greek δέμω (démō, “to build”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtim.rɑ̃/

Noun

*timrą n

  1. building
  2. timber

Inflection

Declension of *timrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *timrą *timrō
vocative *timrą *timrō
accusative *timrą *timrō
genitive *timras, *timris *timrǫ̂
dative *timrai *timramaz
instrumental *timrō *timramiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*timbra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517
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