Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þewernǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *tekʷ- (“to run, flow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθe.wer.nɔ̃ː/

Noun

*þewernǭ f

servant's daughter
servant girl; maid

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *þewernǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þewernǭ	*þewernōniz
vocative	*þewernǭ	*þewernōniz
accusative	*þewernōnų	*þewernōnunz
genitive	*þewernōniz	*þewernōnǫ̂
dative	*þewernōni	*þewernōmaz
instrumental	*þewernōnē	*þewernōmiz

Related terms

*þewaz
*þewernō

Descendants

Old English: *þēorne, *þēarne
- Middle English: therne, thierne, tharne, tarne
  - English: (tern, tarn ?)
Old Saxon: thiorna
- Middle Low German: dêrne
  - German Low German: Deern
    - → German: Deern
- → Old Norse: þerna
  - Faroese: terna
  - Old Swedish: thærna
    - Swedish: tärna
  - Danish: tærne
Old Dutch: *thiorna (as thierno (genitive))
- Middle Dutch: dierne
  - Dutch: deerne, deern
Old High German: thiorna, diorna; (*diorna (st. f))
- Middle High German: dierne; diern
  - Cimbrian: diirna, diarn
  - German: Dirne
    - ⇒ German: Dirndl
      - → English: dirndl

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