Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tundrą

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

Etymology

Derived from the same root as *tandijaną (“to kindle”), with quasi-Indo-European form *dndʰ-ro-m.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtun.drɑ̃/

Noun

*tundrą n^[1]

tinder (material used to ignite fires)

Inflection

Declension of *tundrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tundrą	*tundrō
vocative	*tundrą	*tundrō
accusative	*tundrą	*tundrō
genitive	tundras, tundris	*tundrǫ̂
dative	*tundrai	*tundramaz
instrumental	*tundrō	*tundramiz

Related terms

*tandijaną
*tindaną
*tundrǭ

Derived terms

*tundrijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tundr m; *tundrijā f
- Old English: tyndre f, tynder
  - Middle English: tunder, tinder
    - English: tinder
    - Scots: tunder, tundir
- Old Frisian: *tunder
  - Saterland Frisian: Tunder m
  - West Frisian: tonder
- Old Saxon: *tundar
  - Middle Low German: tunder
    - German Low German: Tunder
- Old Dutch: *tundar
  - Middle Dutch: tunder
    - Dutch: tonder
- Old High German: *zuntar
  - Middle High German: zunder n or m
    - German: Zunder m
Old Norse: tundr n
- Icelandic: tundur
- Faroese: tundur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tunder; (dialectal) tundr
- Elfdalian: tunder
- Old Swedish: tunder, tønder
  - Swedish: tunder
- Old Danish: tunder
  - Danish: tønder
- → Norman: tondre

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tundra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526

[EDPG-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tundra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526

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