Teign
English edit
Etymology edit
First attested as Old English Teng in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 739, probably from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Tenna.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Teign
- A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.