Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tanþ

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

Alternative reconstructions

*tą̄þ (North Sea Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tanþs.

Noun

*tanþ m^[1]

tooth

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tanþ
Genitive	*tanþi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tanþ	*tanþi
Accusative	*tanþu	*tanþi
Genitive	*tanþi	*tanþō
Dative	*tanþi	*tanþum
Instrumental	*tanþi	*tanþum

Derived terms

*tanþēn

Descendants

Old English: tōþ
- Middle English: tothe, toth, tooth
  - Scots: tuth, tutht, tuith
  - English: tooth
Old Frisian: tōth
- North Frisian:
  Föhr-Amrum: tus
  Sylt: Ter
Old Saxon: tand, tōth
- Middle Low German: tant, tan
  - Low German: Tähn
    German Low German: Tand
  - Plautdietsch: Tän
  - → Saterland Frisian: Tiende
Old Dutch: tant, tand
- Middle Dutch: tant
  - Dutch: tand
Old High German: zand, zan, zant, tænd
- Middle High German: zan, zant
  - Alemannic German: Zah
  - Bavarian: Zåhn, Zant
  - Central Franconian: Zank, Zand
    Kölsch: Zant
  - German: Zahn
    - → Central Franconian: Zahn
  - Hunsrik: Zaan
  - Luxembourgish: Zant
  - Pennsylvania German: Zaah
  - Swabian: Zah, Zai
  - Vilamovian: cōn
  - Yiddish: צאָן (tson)
- → Italian: zanna (via Lombardic)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*tanþ”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 117: “*tanþ”

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