teye
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Middle English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Old English tēag (“cord”), from Proto-West Germanic *taugu, from Proto-Germanic *taugō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]teye (plural *teyes)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “sēm(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Old English tēag (“chest, enclosure”), of unclear origin; but possibly ultimately a semantic development of Etymology 1. A connection to Old Norse teigr (“plot of land”) is semantically attractive, though phonologically difficult.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]teye (plural *teyes)
Descendants
[edit]- English: tye
References
[edit]- “tei(e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]teye
- Alternative form of teyen
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