Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/timr
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *timrą.
Noun[edit]
*timr n[1]
Inflection[edit]
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *timr | |
| Genitive | *timras | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *timr | *timru |
| Accusative | *timr | *timru |
| Genitive | *timras | *timrō |
| Dative | *timrē | *timrum |
| Instrumental | *timru | *timrum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: timber
- Old Frisian: timber, timmer
- Old Saxon: timbar
- Old Dutch: *timbar
- Old High German: zimbar
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 327: “PWGmc *timr”