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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teuną
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to torment, vex”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dāw- (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈteu̯.nɑ̃/
Noun
*teuną n
- destruction; ruin; damage; lack
Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *teuną (neuter a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *teuną | *teunō | |
vocative | *teuną | *teunō | |
accusative | *teuną | *teunō | |
genitive | *teunas, *tiunis | *teunǫ̂ | |
dative | *tiunai | *teunamaz | |
instrumental | *teunō | *teunamiz |
Derived terms
- *tiunijaną
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *teun
- Old English: tēon
- ⇒? Old English: tēona, tēone (or from *teunō)
- Middle English: tene
- English: teen
- Scots: tene, teyne
- Middle English: tene
- ⇒? Old English: tēona, tēone (or from *teunō)
- Old Saxon: *tion
- ⇒? Old Saxon: tiono (or from *teunō)
- Old English: tēon
- Old Norse: tjón (or from *teunô)
- Icelandic: tjón
- Swedish: tyn (dialectal)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*teuna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*teunō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405