teinnid

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *tendeti, from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (to cut). Cognate to Ancient Greek τένδω (téndō, to gnaw).[1]

Verb

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teinnid (verbal noun teinm)

  1. to cut, burst

Inflection

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References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tend-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 378

Further reading

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