timbr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *timrą. Akin to English timber.

Noun

timbr n (genitive timbrs)

timber

Declension

Declension of timbr (strong a-stem, singular only)

neuter	singular
neuter	indefinite	definite
nominative	timbr	timbrit
accusative	timbr	timbrit
dative	timbri	timbrinu
genitive	timbrs	timbrsins

Descendants

Icelandic: timbur
Faroese: timbur
Norwegian Nynorsk: timber; (dialectal) tymbur, tymbr, tembr
Old Swedish: timber
- Swedish: timmer
Old Danish: tymbær
- Danish: tømmer
  - Norwegian Bokmål: tømmer
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: tømmer

References

“timbr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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