Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A hole or break caused by tearing. · A rampage.
To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. · To injure as if by pulling apart. · To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. · To make (an opening) with force or energy.
From Middle English teren, from Old English teran (“to tear, lacerate”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart, rip”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”). Cognate with Scots tere, teir, tair (“to rend, lacerate, wound, rip, tear out”), Dutch teren (“to eliminate, efface, live, survive by consumption”), German zehren (“to consume, misuse”), German zerren (“to tug, rip, tear”), Danish tære (“to consume”), Swedish tära (“to fret, consume, deplete, use up”), Icelandic tæra (“to clear, corrode”). Outside Germanic, cognate to Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō, “to skin”), Albanian ther (“to slay, skin, pierce”). Doublet of tire.
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- Root classification mention*der-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionterenenm
- Inherited-form mentionteranang
- Inherited-form mention*teranągem-pro
- Derivation mention*der-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionteresco
- Cognate mentionterennl
- Cognate mentionzehrende
- Cognate mentionzerrende
- Cognate mentiontæreda
- Cognate mentiontärasv
- Cognate mentiontærais
- Cognate mentionδέρωgrc
- Cognate mentionthersq
- Doublet mentiontireen
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