Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taubrą

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.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *taufrą

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps linked to *tawjaną (“to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑu̯.brɑ̃/

Noun

*taubrą n

1. magic, sorcery

Inflection

Declension of *taubrą (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*taubrą	*taubrō
vocative	*taubrą	*taubrō
accusative	*taubrą	*taubrō
genitive	*taubras, *taubris	*taubrǫ̂
dative	*taubrai	*taubramaz
instrumental	*taubrō	*taubramiz

Synonyms

• *saidaz

Derived terms

• *taubrōną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *taubr
  • Old English: tēafor
    • Middle English: teapor, *tever
      • English: tiver
  • Old Frisian: tāver (> tāveria)
    • Saterland Frisian: Töäwer, Tover
    • (West Frisian: thauwerje), staverje
  • Old Saxon: *tōvar
    • Middle Low German: tôver; tôveren
      • German Low German: Töver; tövern
      • Plautdietsch: Teewa
  • Old Dutch: *tōvar, *touvar (> toufrere, toufere)
    • Middle Dutch: tover
      • Dutch: toverij (> toveren); reintroduction through German Zauber: tover
        • (→ West Frisian: toverje)
  • Old High German: zoubar
    • Middle High German: zouber
      • German: Zauber
• Old Norse: taufr, taufrar
  • Icelandic: töfrar (plural)
  • Norwegian: tauvr, tøvr; tauvra, tøvra
  • Old Swedish: tøfri