Where does “tirian” come from?

tirian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic terganą, from Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ- — to tug, to stretch; to pluck.

Ancestry of “tirian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicterganą—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanderHgʰ-to tug, to stretch; to pluck

Words derived from “tirian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European derHgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic terganą →
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