Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ters

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

Unknown; suggested to be related to *teran (“to tear, tug at”), from *der- (“to split”).[1] Possibly cognate with Old Norse tjasna (“a pagan ritual nail or stake”).

Noun

*ters m

  1. nail, peg
  2. penis

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *ters
Genitive *tersas
Singular Plural
Nominative *ters *tersō, *tersōs
Accusative *ters *tersā
Genitive *tersas *tersō
Dative *tersē *tersum
Instrumental *tersu *tersum

Descendants

  • Old English: teors
    • Middle English: ters, tars, tarse, tearse, terce
      • English: tarse
      • Scots: tars, ters
  • Old Saxon: *ters
    • Middle Low German: tērs
      • → Norwegian Bokmål: ters
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: ters
  • Old Dutch: *ters
    • Middle Dutch: *ters, teers
      • Dutch: teers, teerts, taarts
  • Old High German: zers
    • Middle High German: zërs

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “4. der-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag
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