Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/targijaną

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.

• *terganą

Apparently from a Proto-Indo-European dorgʰ-éye-ti, probably from *derHgʰ- (“to pull, tug, irritate”), and cognate with Lithuanian dìrginti (“to irritate”), Proto-Slavic *dьrgati (“to pull, jerk, comb”), though Kroonen rejects connections to the Balto-Slavic and leaves the origin open.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑr.ɣi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

*targijaną

1. to pull; yank; tug; tease
2. to irritate

• Proto-West Germanic: *targijan
  • Old English: terġan, tierġan, tyrġan, tirġan, tirian; tierwan
    • Middle English: terien, tarien, taryen; terȝen
      • English: tarry
      • Scots: tarrow
  • Old Frisian: *tergia, *targia
    • Saterland Frisian: taagje (possibly from Low German)
    • West Frisian: tergje
  • Old Saxon: *targian, *tergian
    • Middle Low German: tergen, targen
      • German Low German: targen
      • → Danish: tærge
      • → Norwegian: terge
      • → Swedish: targa
  • Old Dutch: *tergen
    • Middle Dutch: tergen, terghen
      • Dutch: tergen
  • Old High German: zergen
    • Middle High German: *zergen
      • German: zergen
  • Lombardic: *zergen
    • → Vulgar Latin: *zergō
      • Italian: zerigare (Tuscan)
      • ⇒ Venetan: inzeregà
      • ⇒ Italian: zerga (“anger”)
        • ⇒ Italian: inzergassi