Where does “tár” come from?

tár (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic tahrą, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru-, from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- — eye bitter.

tár (Old Norse): tear

Definitions

  1. tear

Ancestry of “tár”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictahrątear
2Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
3Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter

Words derived from “tár”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tahrą →