Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySharp to the taste; acid; sour. · High or too high in acidity. · Sharp; keen; severe.
From Middle English tart, from Old English teart (“sharp, rough, severe”), from Proto-West Germanic *tart, from Proto-Germanic *tartaz (“rough, sharp, tearing”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split, cleave”). Related to Scots tairt (“tart; tartness”), Dutch tarten (“to defy, challenge, mock”), German trotzen (“to defy, brave, mock”), perhaps Albanian thartë (“sour, acid, sharp”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiontartenm
- Inherited-form mentionteartang
- Inherited-form mention*tartgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*tartazgem-pro · rough, sharp, tearing
- Derivation mention*teranągem-pro
- Derivation mention*der-ine-pro · to flay, split, cleave
- Cognate mentiontairtsco · tart; tartness
- Cognate mentiontartennl · to defy, challenge, mock
- Cognate mentiontrotzende · to defy, brave, mock
- Cognate mentionthartësq · sour, acid, sharp
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