Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ters
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown; suggested to be related to *teran (“to tear, tug at”), from *der- (“to split”).[1] Possibly cognate with Old Norse tjasna (“a pagan ritual nail or stake”).
Noun
[edit]*ters m
Inflection
[edit]| Masculine a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ters | |
| Genitive | *tersas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ters | *tersō, *tersōs |
| Accusative | *ters | *tersā |
| Genitive | *tersas | *tersō |
| Dative | *tersē | *tersum |
| Instrumental | *tersu | *tersum |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “4. der-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag