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)

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