Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tahr

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *tahrą.

Noun[edit]

*tahr n[1]

  1. tear (eye liquid)

Inflection[edit]

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *tahr
Genitive *tahhras
Singular Plural
Nominative *tahr *tahhru
Accusative *tahr *tahhru
Genitive *tahhras *tahhrō
Dative *tahhrē *tahhrum
Instrumental *tahhru *tahhrum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54:PWGmc *tahr, *tahhra-