Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tūną

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

Borrowed from (Pre-)Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”) before Grimm's law changed *d to *t.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*tūną n[1]

  1. fence
  2. enclosure

Inflection

Declension of *tūną (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tūną *tūnō
vocative *tūną *tūnō
accusative *tūną *tūnō
genitive *tūnas, *tūnis *tūnǫ̂
dative *tūnai *tūnamaz
instrumental *tūnō *tūnamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tūn m (“fence”)
    • Old English: tūn (“enclosed land, town”)
    • Old Frisian: tūn (“fence, enclosure”)
      • North Frisian: tün
      • Saterland Frisian: Tuun
      • West Frisian: tún
    • Old Saxon: tūn (“fence”)
    • Old Dutch: tūn (“fence”)
    • Old High German: zūn (“fence, enclosure”)
      • Middle High German: zūn, zoun
    • → Proto-Slavic: *tynъ (“fence, enclosure”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: tún n (“field, enclosure”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*tūna-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 526
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