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Where does “teeder” come from?

teeder (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch tidar, from Proto-Germanic tidaraz.

Ancestry of “teeder”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtidar—
2Proto-Germanictidaraz—

Words derived from “teeder”

  • torn
  • tear
  • tearing
  • tar
  • tearful
  • tarmac
  • tarpaulin
  • tearfully
  • teary
  • tars
  • tearless
  • teardrop
  • tearfulness
  • tearstained
  • teardown
  • tarpaper
  • tarball
  • tearjerker
  • tearsheet
  • tearaway
  • tarlike
  • untar
  • tearer
  • tearstreaked
Every word from Proto-Germanic tidaraz →