Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/timr

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 *timrą.

Noun

*timr n[1]

(act of) building
building, structure

Inflection

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

*timrijan

Descendants

Old English: timber
- Middle English: timber
  - English: timber
  - Scots: timmer, tymmer, tymer
Old Frisian: timber, timmer
- Saterland Frisian: Timmer
- West Frisian: timmer
Old Saxon: timbar
- Middle Low German: timber, timmer
  - German Low German: Timmer
  - Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Timmer
    Westmünsterländisch: Timmer
Old Dutch: *timbar
- Middle Dutch: timber, timmer
  - Dutch: timmer
Old High German: zimbar
- Middle High German: zimber, zimmer, zimer
  - German: Zimmer
  - Luxembourgish: Zëmmer
  - Yiddish: צימער‎ (tsimer)

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”

[1] 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”