Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tīgr

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

Borrowed from Latin tigris (“tiger”).

Noun

*tīgr m

tiger

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tīgr
Genitive	*tīgras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tīgr	tīgrō, tīgrōs
Accusative	*tīgr	*tīgrā
Genitive	*tīgras	*tīgrō
Dative	*tīgrē	*tīgrum
Instrumental	*tīgru	*tīgrum

Alternative reconstructions

*tigr

Derived terms

*tigradeuʀ
- Old Saxon: *tigardior
  - Middle Low German: tīgerdēr
    - → Swedish: tigerdjur (partial calque)
- Old High German: tigirtior, tigritior
  - Middle High German: tigertier
    - German: Tigertier (archaic), ⇒ Tiger (back-formation)
    - ⇒ Luxembourgish: Tiger (back-formation)

Descendants

Old English: tīger
- Middle English: tygre, tygur, tygyr, tigre, tiger, teger, tegre (partially from Old French)
  - English: tiger, tyger, tygre (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: teeger
Old Saxon: *tīgar
- Middle Low German: tîger
  - German Low German: Tieger
  - → Danish: tiger
  - → Norwegian: tiger
  - → Swedish: tiger
  - → West Frisian: tiger
Old Dutch: *tīgir
- Middle Dutch: tîger, tîgher, tyger
  - Dutch: tijger, tieger (archaic, dialectal), tiger (archaic, dialectal)
    - Afrikaans: tier
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: tigri
    - Sranan Tongo: tigri
    - → West Frisian: tijger
  - Limburgish: tieger