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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tardaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave, crack”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑr.ðɑz/
Adjective
*tardaz
- tender
Inflection
Declension of *tardaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *tardaz | *tardai | *tardō | *tardôz | *tardą, -atō | *tardō |
| Accusative | *tardanǭ | *tardanz | *tardǭ | *tardōz | *tardą, -atō | *tardō |
| Genitive | *tardas, -is | *tardaizǫ̂ | *tardaizōz | *tardaizǫ̂ | *tardas, -is | *tardaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *tardammai | *tardaimaz | *tardaizōi | *tardaimaz | *tardammai | *tardaimaz |
| Instrumental | *tardanō | *tardaimiz | *tardaizō | *tardaimiz | *tardanō | *tardaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *tardô | *tardaniz | *tardǭ | *tardōniz | *tardô | *tardōnō |
| Accusative | *tardanų | *tardanunz | *tardōnų | *tardōnunz | *tardô | *tardōnō |
| Genitive | *tardiniz | *tardanǫ̂ | *tardōniz | *tardōnǫ̂ | *tardiniz | *tardanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *tardini | *tardammaz | *tardōni | *tardōmaz | *tardini | *tardammaz |
| Instrumental | *tardinē | *tardammiz | *tardōnē | *tardōmiz | *tardinē | *tardammiz |
Related terms
- *teraną
Descendants
- Old Dutch: *tard, *tart
- Middle Dutch: taert, vertaert
- Dutch: vertaard
- Middle Dutch: taert, vertaert
- Old High German: zart
- Middle High German: zart
- German: zart
- Luxembourgish: zaart
- Middle High German: zart