*targǭ

Runic: ᛏᚨᚱᚷᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑr.ɣɔ̃ː/

noun · feminine · ōn-stem

Meanings

edge, rim, border

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *derǵʰ- (‘fenced lot’), or from Proto-Indo-European *dergʰ- (‘to catch, grasp’). Cognate with Lithuanian daržas (‘border, halo, enclosure, garden’), Old Church Slavonic подрагъ (podragŭ) (podragŭ, ‘hem, edge, rim’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	targǭ	targōniz
Acc.	targōnų	targōnunz
Gen.	targōniz	targōnǫ̂
Dat.	targōni	targōmaz
Inst.	targōnē	targōmiz
Voc.	targǭ	targōniz

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Descendants

*targā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *targa (Old Dutch)
  - targe, taerge (Middle Dutch)
    - targe (Dutch)
*targā (Proto-West Germanic)
- targe, targa, *targô (Old English)
  - targe, terge, targette, target (Middle English)
    - targe, target (English)
    - targ, targe, tairge, target (Scots)
*targā (Proto-West Germanic)
- targue, tarque, targe, *targuette (Old French)
  - targa, tarcheta (Medieval Latin)
    - targa (Galician)
    - targa, targhetta (Italian)
    - tarja (Portuguese)
    - tarja, tarjeta (Spanish)
*targā (Proto-West Germanic)
- targue, tarque, targe, *targuette (Old French)
  - targe (Middle French)
    - targe (French)
*targā (Proto-West Germanic)
- targue, tarque, targe, *targuette (Old French)
  - tartsche (Middle High German)
    - tarcza (Old Polish)
      - tarcza (Polish)
*targā (Proto-West Germanic)
- zarga (Old High German)
  - zarge (Middle High German)
    - Zarge (German)
*targā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *targa (Old Saxon)
  - targe (Middle Low German)
targa (Old Norse)
- targa (Icelandic)

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