Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/terwą

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 Pre-Germanic *derwom, derived from Proto-Indo-European *deru-. Related to Lithuanian derva (“resin, tar”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈter.wɑ̃/

Noun

*terwą n

tar

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *terwą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*terwą	*terwō
vocative	*terwą	*terwō
accusative	*terwą	*terwō
genitive	terwas, tirwis	*terwǫ̂
dative	*tirwai	*terwamaz
instrumental	*terwō	*terwamiz

Derived terms

*tirwiją

Related terms

*terwaz

Descendants

Old English: teoro, teru
- English: tar
Old Frisian: tera
- Western Frisian: tar, tarre
Old Saxon: [Term?]
- Middle Low German: tēr, tēre
  - → German: Teer
  - → Rhine Franconian: Zeer (northern Hessian; likely borrowed and adapted)
Old Dutch: [Term?]
- Middle Dutch: tar
  - Dutch: teer
    - Afrikaans: teer
Old Norse: tjara (replacing *tjǫrva < *terwǭ)
- Danish: tjære
- Faroese: tjøra
- Icelandic: tjara
- Norwegian: tjære
- Old Swedish: tiæra
  - Swedish: tjära
- Westrobothnian: tjeru, tjiro
→ Proto-Finnic: *terva
→ Proto-Samic: *tërvē

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 514

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