Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tībrą

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deHpro- (“sacrificial animal; cattle; livestock”). Cognate with Old Armenian տուար (tuar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiː.βrɑ̃/

Noun

*tībrą n

  1. offering, sacrifice
  2. victim

Inflection

Declension of *tībrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tībrą *tībrō
vocative *tībrą *tībrō
accusative *tībrą *tībrō
genitive *tībras, *tībris *tībrǫ̂
dative *tībrai *tībramaz
instrumental *tībrō *tībramiz
  • *tafną

Descendants

  • Old English: tīber, tīfer
    • → Old Norse: tívor
  • Frankish: *tīvar
    • → Old French: toivre
  • Old High German: zebar, zepar
    • Middle High German: ziber, zifer; ungezībere, ungezifer, ungezīver
      • German: Ziefer; Ungeziefer
      • Luxembourgish: Ongeziwwer
  • Old Norse: tífurr, tívurr
  • Gothic: *𐍄𐌹𐌱𐍂 (*tibr) ( > 𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍂 (aibr)) (controversial)
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