Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tahrą

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 *dáḱru-.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑx.rɑ̃/

Noun

*tahrą n

tear (eye liquid)

Inflection

The plural has the voiced Verner alternant, from an old Indo-European collective noun.

neuter a-stemDeclension of *tahrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tahrą	*tagrō
vocative	*tahrą	*tagrō
accusative	*tahrą	*tagrō
genitive	tahras, tahris	*tagrǫ̂
dative	*tahrai	*tagramaz
instrumental	*tahrō	*tagramiz

Derived terms

Related terms

*trahnuz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tahr
- Old English: tēar, tæhher, tǣr, teagor
  - Middle English: teer, teere, ter, tere, tær, tear (Early Middle English), tyer, tyear, tyar (Kent)
    - English: tear
    - Middle Scots: tear, tere, teir, tichwr, tychir
      - Scots: tear, taer, tare, teir
- Old Frisian: tār
- Old High German: zahar, zahhar
  - Middle High German: zahar, zeher
  - Central Middle High German: zār ⇒ zære pl
    - German: Zähre sg
  - → Italian: zacchera
  - → Middle Low German: zâhē, zaahe
Old Norse: tár
- Icelandic: tár
- Faroese: tár
- Norwegian Bokmål: tåre
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tåre
- Old Swedish: tār
  - Swedish: tår
- Danish: tåre (“tear”), tår (“drop of liquid”)
Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr)

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tagra- ~ *trahna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 504-5

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tagra- ~ *trahna-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 504-5

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