German zehren

← English tear (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *tarjaną (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *teraną (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic (mention)

← Middle High German zern (inherited)

← Middle High German zeren (mention)

← Old High German zeren (inherited)

← Old High German zeran (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *der- (root)

← Dutch teren (cognate)

→ English tear (cognate)

→ German verzehren (prefix)

→ German zerren (cognate)

→ German Zehrung (suffix)

→ German aufzehren (prefix)

→ Ancient Greek δέρω (cognate)

→ Icelandic tæra (cognate)

→ Luxembourgish zieren (cognate)

→ Dutch teren (cognate)