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This general sense gave way to the modern sense in English, by the end of the Middle English period around 1500.

However, all modern Germanic languages save English and Scots retain the more general sense: for example, German Tier, Alemannic Diere or Tiere, Pennsylvania Dutch Gedier, Dutch dier, Afrikaans dier, Limburgish diere, Norwegian dyr, Swedish djur, Danish dyr, Icelandic dýr, Faroese dýr, West Frisian dier, and North Frisian diarten, all of which mean " animal.

" ( However, contrary to south European languages, Dama in Latin and daim in French mean " fallow deer " only ).