Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tainaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editUnknown; expected to reflect pre-Germanic *doynos. Kroonen connects *tiną (“tin”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*tainaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *tainaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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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
editDescendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *tain
- Old English: tān
- Middle English: *tan
- English: tan (“twig, small switch”)
- ⇒ Old English: misteltān
- Middle English: mistelta, mistilte, mistelto, mystiltyne, mystilltyn, mystyldene
- Middle English: *tan
- Old Frisian: *tēn
- Old Saxon: tēn
- Middle Low German: tên
- Old Dutch: *tēn
- Old High German: zein
- Old English: tān
- Old Norse: teinn
- Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (tains)
- → Proto-Finnic: *taina (see there for further descendants)