Where does “tæra” come from?
tæra (Old Norse) comes from Middle Dutch tēren, from Old Saxon teran, from Proto-West Germanic *teran, from Proto-Germanic teraną, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Ancestry of “tæra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | tēren | to destroy, to use |
| 2 | Old Saxon | teran | to tear |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *teran | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | teraną | to tear; snatch or pull off ; tug |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |
Words derived from “tæra”