timbr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *timrą. Akin to English timber.

Noun

timbr n (genitive timbrs)

1. timber

Declension

Declension of timbr (strong a-stem, singular only)

neuter	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	timbr	timbrit
accusative	timbr	timbrit
dative	timbri	timbrinu
genitive	timbrs	timbrsins

Descendants

• Icelandic: timbur
• Faroese: timbur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: timber; (dialectal) tymbur, tymbr, tembr
• Old Swedish: timber
  • Swedish: timmer
• Old Danish: tymbær
  • Danish: tømmer
    • Norwegian Bokmål: tømmer
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: tømmer

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “timbr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive