Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/teru

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *terwą.

Noun

*teru n

tar, resin
Synonym: *pik

Inflection

Neuter wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*teru
Genitive	*terwas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*teru	*teru
Accusative	*teru	*teru
Genitive	*terwas	*terwō
Dative	*terwē	*terum
Instrumental	*teru	*terum

Descendants

Old English: teoru
- Middle English: ter, terr, tarr
  - English: tar
  - Scots: terr, ter, tar
Old Frisian: tere
- North Frisian: tjär
- Saterland Frisian: Taar
- West Frisian: tarre, tar
Old Saxon: *tero
- Middle Low German: tēre, tēr
  - → German: Teer
  - → Rhine Franconian: Zeer (northern Hessian; likely borrowed and adapted)
Old Dutch: *tero
- Middle Dutch: terre, teer, tar
  - Dutch: teer
    - Afrikaans: teer

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