Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þinsaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch”). Related to Lithuanian tęsti (“to stretch (out); to continue, extend”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to stretch
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *þinsaną (strong class 3)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þinsan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 543-544
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þensanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 421