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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; expected to reflect pre-Germanic *doynos. Kroonen connects *tiną (“tin”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*tainaz m
- rod
- Synonyms: *furkaz, *galgô, *mastaz, *rōdō, *skaftaz, *spaluz, *spīrǭ, *stauraz
- twig
- Synonyms: *telguz, *tōgô, *twīgą
- straw
- Synonyms: *halmaz, *strawą
- lot
- Synonyms: *hlautaz, *hlutą
Inflection
Declension of *tainaz (masculine a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*tainaz
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*tainōz, *tainōs
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vocative
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*tain
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*tainōz, *tainōs
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accusative
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*tainą
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*tainanz
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genitive
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*tainas, *tainis
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*tainǫ̂
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dative
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*tainai
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*tainamaz
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instrumental
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*tainō
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*tainamiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *tain
- Old English: tān
- Middle English: *tan
- English: tan (“twig, small switch”)
- ⇒ Old English: misteltān
- Old Frisian: *tēn
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Täinelse (“garden fence woven from willow rods”)
- West Frisian: tien
- Old Saxon: tēn
- Old Dutch: *tēn
- Middle Dutch: têne f or m
- Dutch: teen f or n
- Limburgish: tieën
- Old High German: zein
- Old Norse: teinn
- Icelandic: teinn
- Faroese: teinur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tein; (dialectal) teidn, tæn
- Old Swedish: tēn
- Danish: ten
- Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (tains)
- → Proto-Finnic: *taina (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN