Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tūn

This Proto-West 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tūną.

Noun

*tūn m

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tūn
Genitive	*tūnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tūn	tūnō, tūnōs
Accusative	*tūn	*tūnā
Genitive	*tūnas	*tūnō
Dative	*tūnē	*tūnum
Instrumental	*tūnu	*tūnum

Derived terms

*tūnijan

Descendants

Old English: tūn (“enclosed land, town”)
- Middle English: toun, town, towne, tun, tune
  - English: town, tahn, tawn (Bermuda), toon (Geordie), toune, towne (obsolete)
    - → Chichewa: tawuni
    - → Hawaiian: kaona
    - → Jersey Dutch: tāun
    - → Pennsylvania German: Taun
    - → Japanese: タウン (taun)
  - Geordie English: toon
  - Middle Scots: toun, town, tone
    - Scots: toun, toon
  - Yola: teoune, teoun
Old Frisian: tūn (“fence, enclosure”)
- Saterland Frisian: Tuun
- West Frisian: tún
Old Saxon: tūn (“fence”)
- Middle Low German: tûn
  - Low German: Tuun
Old Dutch: tūn (“fence”)
- Middle Dutch: tuun
  - Dutch: tuin
    - Afrikaans: tuin
    - Berbice Creole Dutch: tun
    - Skepi Creole Dutch: tun
  - Limburgish: toen
  - West Flemish: tuun
  - Zealandic: tuun
Old High German: zūn (“fence, enclosure”)
- Middle High German: zūn, zoun
  - Alemannic German: Zuun
  - Central Franconian: Zong, Zung, Zuu, Zoun, Zaun
    - Luxembourgish: Zonk
  - German: Zaun
  - Vilamovian: caojn
→ Proto-Slavic: *tynъ (“fence, enclosure”) (see there for further descendants)