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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tinnaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms

  • *tinþaną (?)

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *dendʰneti. The ultimate origin is unclear, as solid cognates outside of Germanic are lacking.[1] Osthoff suggests Proto-Indo-European *deh₂w- (kindle, burn) (Ancient Greek δαίω (daíō)), but Pokorny rejects this.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtin.nɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tinnaną[3]

  1. to burn

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *tinþslô

Descendants

  • Old English: tinnan
  • Old High German: *zinnan

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zünden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “179-81”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 179-81
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tinnan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 518
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