Where does “zerren” come from?

zerren (German) comes from Middle High German zerren, from Old High German zerren, from Proto-Germanic tarjaną — to destroy.

zerren (German): to tug; to drag

Definitions

  1. to tug; to drag

Ancestry of “zerren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanzerren—
2Old High Germanzerren—
3Proto-Germanictarjanąto destroy

Words derived from “zerren”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tarjaną →