Where does “zerren” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zerren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanzerren—
2Proto-Germanictarjanąto destroy

Words derived from “zerren”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tarjaną →Every word from Old High German zerren →