tedna

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish tenna, tenne, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨnnɨd, either from Latin tendō or from a Proto-Celtic cognate of it; either way from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“stretch, extend”). Cognate with Welsh tynnu (“to pull”), Old Breton tinsit (“scattered, strewed”), Middle Breton tennaff, Modern Breton tennañ, Old Irish tendaid (“to press”).[1]

Verb

tedna

  1. to pull (apply force to something so that it comes towards the one applying the force)

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tedna”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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