tiver
English
noun
Definitions
- A kind of ochre used for marking sheep in some parts of England.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *tever inherited from Old English tēafor (purple, vermilion, salve, pigment, red, a material used in making salve, red lead) inherited from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (magic, sorcery).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*taubrą
Gloss
magic, sorcery
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Winterzauber German
- Zauber German
- Zauberei German
- Zauberer German
- Zauberkraft German
- Zauberkunst German
- Zaubermacht German
- Zauberpilz German
- Zauberspruch German
- Zauberstab German
- verzaubern German
- zauberhaft German
- zauberisch German
- zaubern German
- toveren Dutch, Flemish
- toverij Dutch, Flemish
- *taubarōną Proto-Germanic
- *taubrą Proto-Germanic
- tēafor Old English
- *tever Middle English
- taufr Old Norse
- taufrar Old Norse
- coprati Serbo-Croatian
- coprnica Serbo-Croatian
- töframaður Icelandic
- töfrar Icelandic
- *tōver Old Dutch