tear
Old English
noun
Definitions
- tear (drop of liquid from the tear duct)
Etymology
Inherited from *tah(h)r inherited from Proto-Germanic *tahrą (tear).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tahrą
Gloss
tear
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *dáḱru Proto-Indo-European
- *dáḱru- Proto-Indo-European
- tåre Norwegian Bokmål
- *tahrą Proto-Germanic
- tår Swedish
- tår Norwegian Nynorsk
- tåre Norwegian Nynorsk
- tēar Old English
- tár Old Norse
- tåre Danish
- tár Icelandic
- zahar Old High German
- tár Faroese
- zære Middle High German
- 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 Gothic
- 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *tah(h)r gmw-pro