*timrą

Runic: ᛏᛁᛗᚱᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈtim.rɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

building
timber

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dem (H)-ro-s, from *dem- (‘to build’). Cognate with Latin domus (‘house; home’), Ancient Greek δέμω (démō) (démō, ‘to build’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	timrą	timrō
Acc.	timrą	timrō
Gen.	timras, timris	timrǫ̂
Dat.	timrai	timramaz
Inst.	timrō	timramiz
Voc.	timrą	timrō

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Descendants

*timr (Proto-West Germanic)
- *timbar (Old Dutch)
  - timber, timmer (Middle Dutch)
    - timmer (Dutch)
*timr (Proto-West Germanic)
- timber (Old English)
  - timber (Middle English)
    - timber (English)
    - timmer, tymmer, tymer (Scots)
*timr (Proto-West Germanic)
- timber, timmer (Old Frisian)
  - Timmer (Saterland Frisian)
  - timmer (West Frisian)
*timr (Proto-West Germanic)
- zimbar (Old High German)
  - zimber, zimmer, zimer (Middle High German)
    - Zimmer (German)
    - Zëmmer (Luxembourgish)
    - צימער (tsimer) (Yiddish)
*timr (Proto-West Germanic)
- timbar (Old Saxon)
  - timber, timmer (Middle Low German)
    - Timmer (German Low German)
    - ? (Westphalian)
timbr (Old Norse)
- timbur (Faroese)
- timbur (Icelandic)
- timber, tymbur, tymbr, tembr (Norwegian Nynorsk)
timbr (Old Norse)
- tymbær (Old Danish)
  - tømmer (Danish)
    - tømmer (Norwegian Bokmål)
      - tømmer (Norwegian Nynorsk)
timbr (Old Norse)
- timber (Old Swedish)
  - timmer (Swedish)

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