Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tūn

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tūną.

Noun

*tūn m

1. fence
2. enclosure

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tūn
Genitive	*tūnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tūn	*tūnō, *tūnōs
Accusative	*tūn	*tūnā
Genitive	*tūnas	*tūnō
Dative	*tūnē	*tūnum
Instrumental	*tūnu	*tūnum

Derived terms

• *tūnijan

Descendants

• Old English: tūn (“enclosed land, town”)
  • Middle English: toun, town, towne, tun, tune
    • English: town, tahn, tawn (Bermuda); toon (Geordie); toune, towne (obsolete)
      • → Chichewa: tawuni
      • → Jersey Dutch: tāun
      • → Pennsylvania German: Taun
      • → Japanese: タウン (taun)
    • Geordie English: toon
    • Scots: toun, tone, toon, town
    • Yola: teoune, teoun
• Old Frisian: tūn (“fence, enclosure”)
  • Saterland Frisian: Tuun
  • West Frisian: tún
• Old Saxon: tūn (“fence”)
  • Middle Low German: tûn
    • German Low German: Tuun
    • Low German: Tuun
• Old Dutch: tūn (“garden”)
  • Middle Dutch: tuun
    • Dutch: tuin
      • Afrikaans: tuin
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: tun
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: tun
    • Limburgish: toen
    • West Flemish: tuun
    • Zealandic: tuun
• Old High German: zūn (“fence, enclosure”)
  • Middle High German: zūn, zoun
    • German: Zaun
    • Luxembourgish: Zonk
    • Vilamovian: caojn
• → Proto-Slavic: *tynъ (“fence, enclosure”) (see there for further descendants)