Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeutaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Possibly imitative.
Compare similar onomatopoeias in other Indo-European languages: Latin tutubō (“to cry (of an owl)”), Ancient Greek τυτώ (tutṓ, “a kind of owl”), Lithuanian tutúoti (“to blow, pipe”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *þeutaną (strong class 2)
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel”, originally “flute”?)