Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tain

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tainaz.

Noun

*tain m

twig

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tain
Genitive	*tainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tain	tainō, tainōs
Accusative	*tain	*tainā
Genitive	*tainas	*tainō
Dative	*tainē	*tainum
Instrumental	*tainu	*tainum

Descendants

Old English: tān
- Middle English: *tan
  - English: tan (“twig, small switch”)
- ⇒ Old English: misteltān
  - Middle English: mistelta, mistilte, mistelto, mystiltyne, mystilltyn, mystyldene
    - Scots: misseldeu, messeldeu
    - English: mistletoe
Old Frisian: *tēn
- ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Täinelse (“garden fence woven from willow rods”)
- West Frisian: tien
Old Saxon: tēn
- Middle Low German: tên
Old Dutch: *tēn
- Middle Dutch: têne
  - Dutch: teen
  - Limburgish: tieën
Old High German: zein
- Middle High German: zein
  - German: Zein, Zain