tedna
Cornish
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editEtymology
editFrom Middle Cornish tenna, tenne, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨnnɨd, either from Latin tendō or from a Proto-Celtic cognate of it; either way from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“stretch, extend”). Cognate with Welsh tynnu (“to pull”), Old Breton tinsit (“scattered, strewed”), Middle Breton tennaff, Modern Breton tennañ, Old Irish tendaid (“to press”).[1]
Verb
edittedna
- to pull (apply force to something so that it comes towards the one applying the force)
References
editCategories:
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Cornish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tend- (stretch)
- Cornish terms inherited from Middle Cornish
- Cornish terms derived from Middle Cornish
- Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic
- Cornish terms derived from Latin
- Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish verbs