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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtim.rɑ̃/

Noun

*timrą n

1. building
2. timber

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension 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

• *timrijaną
• *timrōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *timr
  • Old English: timber
    • Middle English: timber
      • English: timber
      • Scots: timmer, tymmer, tymer
  • Old Frisian: timber, timmer
    • Saterland Frisian: Timmer
    • West Frisian: timmer
  • Old Saxon: timbar
    • Middle Low German: timber, timmer
      • German Low German: Timmer
      • Westphalian:

        Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Timmer

        Westmünsterländisch: Timmer

  • Old Dutch: *timbar
    • Middle Dutch: timber, timmer
      • Dutch: timmer
  • Old High German: zimbar
    • Middle High German: zimber, zimmer, zimer
      • German: Zimmer
      • Luxembourgish: Zëmmer
      • Yiddish: צימער (tsimer)
• Old Norse: timbr
  • Icelandic: timbur
  • Faroese: timbur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: timber; (dialectal) tymbur, tymbr, tembr
  • Old Swedish: timber
    • Swedish: timmer
  • Old Danish: tymbær
    • Danish: tømmer
      • Norwegian Bokmål: tømmer
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: tømmer