*tetruz

Runic: ᛏᛖᛏᚱᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈte.truz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

  1. tetter
  2. leprosy

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dedru-, *derdru-, a reduplicative form derived from *der- (‘to split, separate, crack, chafe, flay’). Compare Sanskrit दद्रू (dadrū) (dadrū, ‘a skin eruption, a type of leprosy’) and दद्रुक (dadruka, ‘leprosy’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.tetruztitriwiz
Acc.tetrųtetrunz
Gen.tetrauztitriwǫ̂
Dat.titriwitetrumaz
Inst.tetrūtetrumiz
Voc.tetrutitriwiz

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Descendants

  • *tetru (Proto-West Germanic)
    • tetr, teter, tetra (Old English)
      • teter, tetre, tetire, tetyr (Middle English)
        • tetter (English)

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