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Reconstruction:Old English/tasan

This Old English 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.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *taisan (to separate by pulling, tugging or plucking; tease).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.sɑn/, [ˈtɑː.zɑn]

Verb

*tāsan

  1. to pull apart; separate by tugging; touse

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle English: tosen, tose, toson
    • English: tose, toze, toase, toaze (obsolete)
    • Middle English: totosen
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