Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tarjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Germanic *tarjaną.

Verb

*tarjan

to destroy
to consume, to use up

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*tarjan
1st sg. past	*taridā
Infinitive	*tarjan
Genitive infin.	*tarjannjas
Dative infin.	*tarjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*tarjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*tarju	*taridā
2nd singular	*tarisi	taridēs, taridōs
3rd singular	*tariþi	taridē, taridā
1st plural	*tarjum	*taridum
2nd plural	*tariþ	*taridud
3rd plural	*tarjanþ	*taridun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*tarjē	*taridī
2nd singular	*tarjēs	*taridī
3rd singular	*tarjē	*taridī
1st plural	*tarjēm	*taridīm
2nd plural	*tarjēþ	*taridīd
3rd plural	*tarjēn	*taridīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*tari
Plural	*tariþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*tarjandī	*tarid

Derived terms

*fratarjan

Descendants

Old Frisian: tera
- West Frisian: tarre
Old Saxon: terian
- Middle Low German: tēren
  - →? Old Norse: tæra
    - Icelandic: tæra
    - Norwegian:
      Norwegian Bokmål: tære
      Norwegian Nynorsk: tære, tæra
    - Swedish: tära
    - Danish: tære
Old Dutch: *teren
- Middle Dutch: tēren, terren
  - Dutch: teren
Old High German: zeren, zerren, zerien
- Middle High German: zeren
  - German: zehren, zerren