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Where does “têer” come from?
têer (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tidar, from Proto-Germanic tidaraz.
Ancestry of “têer”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
tidar
—
2
Proto-Germanic
tidaraz
—
Words derived from “têer”
teary
tearily
teariness
teer
tere
teere
teren
tery
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