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

1. 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