Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ters

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; suggested to be related to *teran (“to tear, tug at”), from *der- (“to split”). Possibly cognate with Old Norse tjasna (“a pagan ritual nail or stake”).

Noun

*ters m

1. nail, peg
2. penis

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ters
Genitive	*tersas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ters	*tersō, *tersōs
Accusative	*ters	*tersā
Genitive	*tersas	*tersō
Dative	*tersē	*tersum
Instrumental	*tersu	*tersum

Descendants

• Old English: teors
  • Middle English: ters, tars, tarse, tearse, terce
    • English: tarse
    • Scots: tars, ters
• Old Saxon: *ters
  • Middle Low German: tērs
    • → Norwegian: ters
• Old Dutch: *ters
  • Middle Dutch: *ters, teers
    • Dutch: teers, teerts, taarts
• Old High German: zers
  • Middle High German: zërs
    • German: Zers