Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/ternō

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 *der-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈter.nɔː/

Noun

*ternō f(North Germanic)

1. a mountain lake without tributaries
2. watering hole
3. small pool

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *ternō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*ternō	*ternôz
vocative	*ternō	*ternôz
accusative	*ternǭ	*ternōz
genitive	*ternōz	*ternǫ̂
dative	*ternōi	*ternōmaz
instrumental	*ternō	*ternōmiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: tjǫrn
  • Icelandic: tjörn
  • Faroese: tjørn
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tjørn, tjønn, tjønn f, tjern, kjenn n
    • → Scots: shon
  • Jamtish: tjern
  • Old Swedish: tiärn
    • Swedish: tjärn
  • Danish: tjern
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tjern
  • → Middle English: terne
    • English: tarn, tairn
    • Scots: tarn