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Where does “teahor” come from?

teahor (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic tah(h)r, from Proto-Germanic tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru-, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- — eye bitter.

teahor (Old English): drop; tear; what is distilled from anything in...

Definitions

  1. drop; tear; what is distilled from anything in...

Ancestry of “teahor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanictah(h)rtear
2Proto-Germanictahrątear
3Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
4Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter

Words derived from “teahor”

  • tear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →