Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/teran

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

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *teraną.

Verb

*teran

to tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug

Inflection

Strong class 4
Infinitive	*teran
1st sg. past	*tar
3rd pl. past	*tārun
Past ptcple	*toran
Infinitive	*teran
Genitive infin.	*terannjas
Dative infin.	*terannjē
Instrum. infin.	*terannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*teru	*tar
2nd singular	*tiriʀi	*tārī
3rd singular	*tiridi	*tar
1st plural	*terum	*tārum
2nd plural	*tirid	*tārud
3rd plural	*terand	*tārun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*terē	*tārī
2nd singular	*terēs	*tārī
3rd singular	*terē	*tārī
1st plural	*terēm	*tārīm
2nd plural	*terēþ	*tārīd
3rd plural	*terēn	*tārīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*tir
Plural	*tirid
	Present	Past
Participle	*terandī	*toran

Derived terms

*frateran

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: teran
- Middle English: teren, teer, teere, tere, tern, teryn, teer
  - English: tear
  - Scots: tere, teir, tair
Old Frisian: tera
- Saterland Frisian: teere
- West Frisian: tarre
Old Saxon: teran
- Middle Low German: teren (merged with Proto-West Germanic *tarjan)
  - German Low German: tehren
  - → Old Norse: tæra
    - Danish: tære
    - Swedish: tära
    - Norwegian Bokmål: tære
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: tæra, tære
    - Icelandic: tæra
Old High German: zeran
- Middle High German: zern, zeren (merged with Proto-West Germanic *tarjan, a strong participle Middle High German zerzorn is attested)
  - German: zehren
  - Luxembourgish: zieren