Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tainaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *doynos. Kroonen also connects *tiną (“tin”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯.nɑz/

Noun

*tainaz m

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *tainaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tainaz	tainōz, tainōs
vocative	*tain	tainōz, tainōs
accusative	*tainą	*tainanz
genitive	tainas, tainis	*tainǫ̂
dative	*tainai	*tainamaz
instrumental	*tainō	*tainamiz

Derived terms

*mihstilatainaz
*tainijǭ
*tainilaz

Descendants

Old English: tān; mistiltān; misteltān
- Middle English: *tan; *mistelton
  - Scots: misseldeu, messeldeu
  - English: tan; mistletoe
Old Frisian: *tān, *tēn
- West Frisian: tien
Old Saxon: tēn
- Middle Low German; tên
Old Dutch: *tein, *tēn
- Middle Dutch: tene, teene
  - Dutch: teen
Old High German: zein
- Middle High German: zein
  - German: Zein, Zain
Old Norse: teinn
- Icelandic: teinn
- Faroese: teinur
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: ten
  - Nynorsk: tein
- Old Swedish: tēn
  - Swedish: ten
- Danish: ten
- Westrobothnian: tein
Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (tains)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill

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[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill