Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/teun

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 *teuną.

Noun

*teun n

1. (North Sea Germanic) destruction, ruin, damage

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*teun
Genitive	*teunas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*teun	*teunu
Accusative	*teun	*teunu
Genitive	*teunas	*teunō
Dative	*teunē	*teunum
Instrumental	*teunu	*teunum

Related terms

• *teunō
• *tiunijan

Descendants

• Old English: tēon
  • ⇒? Old English: tēona, tēone (or from *teunō)
    • Middle English: tene
      • English: teen
      • Scots: tene, teyne
• Old Saxon: *tion
  • ⇒? Old Saxon: tiono (or from *teunō)