Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/taubrą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*taufrą[1]

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps linked to *tawjaną (“to make”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑu̯.brɑ̃/

Noun

*taubrą n[1]

magic, sorcery

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *taubrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*taubrą	*taubrō
vocative	*taubrą	*taubrō
accusative	*taubrą	*taubrō
genitive	taubras, taubris	*taubrǫ̂
dative	*taubrai	*taubramaz
instrumental	*taubrō	*taubramiz

Derived terms

*taubrōną

Synonyms

*saidaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *taubr
- Old English: tēafor
  - Middle English: teapor, *tever
    - English: tiver
- Old Frisian: tāver (> tāveria)
  - Saterland Frisian: Töäwer, Tover
  - (West Frisian: thauwerje), staverje
- Old Saxon: *tōvar
  - Middle Low German: tôver; tôveren
    - German Low German: Töver; tövern
    - Plautdietsch: Teewa
- Old Dutch: *tōvar, *touvar (> toufrere, toufere)
  - Middle Dutch: tover
    - Dutch: toverij (> toveren); reintroduction through German Zauber: tover
      - (→ West Frisian: toverje)
- Old High German: zoubar
  - Middle High German: zouber
    - German: Zauber
Old Norse: taufr, taufrar
- Icelandic: töfrar (plural)
- Norwegian: tauvr, tøvr; tauvra, tøvra
- Old Swedish: tøfri

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*taufran”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*taufran”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402