Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teuną

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

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dū- (“to torment, vex”) or from Proto-Indo-European *dāw- (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈteu̯.nɑ̃/

Noun

*teuną n

destruction; ruin; damage; lack

Inflection

Declension of *teuną (a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*teuną	*teunō
Vocative	*teuną	*teunō
Accusative	*teuną	*teunō
Genitive	*teunas, -is	*teunǫ̂
Dative	*teunai	*teunamaz
Instrumental	*teunō	*teunamiz

Derived terms

*tiunijaną

Descendants

Old English: *tēon
- ⇒ Old English: tēona; tēone
  - Middle English: tene
    - English: teen
    - Scots: tene, teyne
Old Saxon: *tion
- Old Saxon: tiono
Old Norse: tjón
- Icelandic: tjón

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