טיר 2
דאָס
'animal'

ETYMOLOGY

{Germanism borrowed from NHG in the 19th c.}
Got. dius✱, ON dýr, OE dēor, OS -dior, Dutch dier, OHG tior 'wild animal', NHG Tier; from PGmc ✱đeuz-a- or ✱deuza- '(wild) animal < ✱dʰeus-ó- (EUR), from the root ✱dʰu̯es- 'to breathe'.
Related to OE dēor 'wild, bold, brave', English to doze, MHG dosen 'to slumber'; from PGmc ✱dusēn- 'to slumber' < ✱dʰús-eh₁-ie- (EUR); cf. Latin furō 'to be mad, rave', Lithuanian dùsti 'to suffocate', dùsas 'asthma', Old Church Slavonic duxŭ 'breath, spirit', Russian дух, Ukrainian дух, Polish duch (see דוך) < Proto-Slavic ✱dȗxъ 'breath, spirit' < Proto-Balto-Slavic ✱douṣos; cf. Lithuanian daũsos 'air, breath'

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

t'īr ~ t'īər {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 127, 137}