Proto-IE: *ter-
Meaning: tender; young
Old Indian: tarṇa- m., tarṇaka- m. `calf, young animal'; táruṇa- `young, tender, juvenile', táruṇa- m. `a youth', n. `a sprout'
Avestan: tauruna- 'jung'
Other Iranian: Osset tärɨn 'Knabe', NPers tōla 'junger Hund'
Armenian: thorrn, gen. thorrin `Enkel'
Old Greek: térēn, n. -en, f. -ei̯na `zart'; térü = asthenés, leptón Hsch.; terámōn, -onos `weich (gekocht)'
Latin: tener, -a `zart, fein, weich, empfindsam, jung'
Other Italic: Sabin tereno- `mollis'
Russ. meaning: нежный; юный
