Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tanþ

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *tą̄þ (North Sea Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tanþs.

Noun

*tanþ m

1. tooth

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tanþ
Genitive	*tanþi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tanþ	*tanþi
Accusative	*tanþu	*tanþi
Genitive	*tanþi	*tanþō
Dative	*tanþi	*tanþum
Instrumental	*tanþi	*tanþum

Derived terms

• *tanþēn

Descendants

• Old English: tōþ
  • Middle English: tothe, toth, tooth
    • Scots: tuth, tutht, tuith
    • English: tooth
• Old Frisian: tōth
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: tus

    Sylt: Ter

• Old Saxon: tand
  • Middle Low German: tant, tan
    • Low German: Tähn

      German Low German: Tand, Tann, Tähn

    • Plautdietsch: Tän
    • → Saterland Frisian: Tiende
• Old Dutch: tant
  • Middle Dutch: tant
    • Dutch: tand
• Old High German: zand, zan, zant, tænd
  • Middle High German: zan, zant
    • Alemannic German: Zah
    • Bavarian: Zåhn, Zant
    • Central Franconian: Zank, Zand

      Kölsch: Zant

    • German: Zahn
      • → Central Franconian: Zahn
    • Hunsrik: Zaan
    • Luxembourgish: Zant
    • Pennsylvania German: Zaah
    • Swabian: Zah, Zai
    • Vilamovian: cōn
    • Yiddish: צאָן (tson)
  • → Italian: zanna (via Lombardic)