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

neuter a-stemDeclension 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
        • German: Ungeziefer
  • Lombardic: ziber
  • → Old French: toivre (“cattle, livestock, beast”)
• Old Norse: tífurr, tívurr (possibly borrowed from Old English)
• >? Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍂 (aibr) (error for *𐍄𐌹𐌱𐍂 (*tibr))