Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/teuną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

1. destruction; ruin; damage; lack

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *teuną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*teuną	*teunō
vocative	*teuną	*teunō
accusative	*teuną	*teunō
genitive	*teunas, *tiunis	*teunǫ̂
dative	*tiunai	*teunamaz
instrumental	*teunō	*teunamiz

Derived terms

• *tiunijaną

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *teun
  • Old English: tēon
    • ⇒? Old English: tēona, tēone (or from *teunō)
      • Middle English: tene
        • English: teen
        • Scots: tene, teyne
  • Old Saxon: *tion
    • ⇒? Old Saxon: tiono (or from *teunō)
• Old Norse: tjón (or from *teunô)
  • Icelandic: tjón
  • Swedish: tyn (dialectal)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*teuna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
• Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*teunō(n)”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 405