English
tiver
Tiver comes from Old English tēafor ‘red, red lead, vermilion, purple’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *taubrą ‘magic, sorcery’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*taubrą‘magic, sorcery’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*taubrreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tēafor‘red, red lead, vermilion, purple’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*teverreconstructed
- Englishtodaytiver
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*taubrą‘magic, sorcery’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*taubrreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tēafor‘red, red lead, vermilion, purple’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*teverreconstructed
- Englishtodaytiver
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, beautiful, beauty, ben, tool, bonus, teen, dynamic, beneficial, rebel, boo, dynasty, tow, optimal, bonnie, beau, boon, optimism, beneficiary, dun, bona, dynamo, bello, bene, bonny, revel, dynastic, tine, bauble, bellicose, bonbon, 96 more
through Proto-Germanic *tawjaną ‘to make’
Another origin of tiver
- Old Englishc. 450–1150tēofrian
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*teverenreconstructed
- Englishtodaytiver
Today it means
noun A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *taubrą / tiver