Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þegn
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *þegnaz.
Noun[edit]
*þegn m[1]
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *þegn | |
Genitive | *þegnas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *þegn | *þegnō, *þegnōs |
Accusative | *þegn | *þegnā |
Genitive | *þegnas | *þegnō |
Dative | *þegnē | *þegnum |
Instrumental | *þegnu | *þegnum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: þeġn, þægn
- Middle English: theyn, dain, thain, thayn, thein, þen, þein, þeyn; ðæin, þægen, þægn, þegen, þegn, þeȝn, þeign
- → Medieval Latin: thainus
- Old Saxon: thegan
- Old Dutch: *thegen (in derivatives and compounds)
- Old High German: degan
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 330: “PWGmc *þegn”