Old English · noun

timber

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈtim.ber/
Syllables: ˈtim · ber (2 syllables)
Modern English: timber

Meaning

timber
building (both senses)

Declension

Declension of timber
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	timber	timber
Accusative	timber	timber
Genitive	timbres	timbra
Dative	timbre	timbrum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą, from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“build, house”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm). Cognates include Old Saxon timbar, Old High German zimbar, Old Norse timbr, Gothic (timrjan, “to build”), and Latin domus.

Descendants

timber

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