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Where does β€œπ„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½β€ come from?

π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½ (Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic teranΔ…, from Proto-Indo-European der- β€” to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½ (Gothic): to tear away, remove

Definitions

  1. to tear away, remove

Ancestry of β€œπ„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½β€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicteranΔ…to tear; snatch or pull off ; tug
2Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- β†’