Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teudrą

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teudrą

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tūdrą

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

• *tūdrą[1]

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”) or *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”) suffixed with -tróm or *-dʰrom, but Kroonen prefers an alternative relationship to *deh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈteu̯.ðrɑ̃/

Noun

*teudrą n[1]

1. That which is tugged or pulled on, tether
2. A drawbar; shaft
3. A cord; rope; line

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *teudrą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*teudrą	*teudrō
vocative	*teudrą	*teudrō
accusative	*teudrą	*teudrō
genitive	*teudras, *tiudris	*teudrǫ̂
dative	*tiudrai	*teudramaz
instrumental	*teudrō	*teudramiz

Related terms

• *tawwą
• *teuhaną

Descendants

• Old English: *tēoder; tūdor, tuddor
  • Middle English: teder, tether (possibly merged with Old Norse)
    • Scots: tedder, tether
    • English: tether
    • → Scottish Gaelic: teadhair
• Old Frisian: tiāder, tiēder
  • North Frisian: tjodder, tjudder
• Old Saxon: *tiothar; *tūdar
  • Middle Low German: tûder, tudder
    • Low German: Tüder, Töder, Tider, Tier
• Old Dutch: *tūdar
  • Middle Dutch: tuder, tudder, tuyer; tuyderen, tuyeren
    • Dutch: tui; tuien
• Old High German: ziotar
  • Middle High German: zieter
    • German: Zieter
• Old Norse: tjóðr
  • Icelandic: tjóður
  • (Faroese: tjóðra)
  • Norwegian: tjore
  • Old Swedish: tiūþer
    • Swedish: tjuder
  • Danish: tøjr
  • Westrobothnian: tjur
  • Jamtish: tjøðr

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*teudra- ~ *tūdra-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 514–515