Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tahr

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

From Proto-Germanic *tahrą.

Noun

*tahr n^[1]

tear (eye liquid)

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tahr
Genitive	*tahhras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tahr	*tahhru
Accusative	*tahr	*tahhru
Genitive	*tahhras	*tahhrō
Dative	*tahhrē	*tahhrum
Instrumental	*tahhru	*tahhrum

Derived terms

*tahhrijan

Descendants

Old English: tēar, tæher, tǣr, teagor
- Middle English: teer, teere, ter, tere, tær, tear (Early Middle English), tyer, tyear, tyar (Kent)
  - English: tear
  - Middle Scots: tear, tere, teir, tichwr, tychir
    - Scots: tear, taer, tare, teir
Old Frisian: tār
Old High German: zahar, zahhar
- Middle High German: zahar, zeher
- Central Middle High German: zār ⇒ zære pl
  - German: Zähre sg
- → Italian: zacchera
- → Middle Low German: zâhē, zaahe

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *tahr, *tahhra-”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “PWGmc *tahr, *tahhra-”

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