tedna

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish tenna, tenne, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨnnɨd, either from Latin tendō or from a Proto-Celtic cognate of it; either way from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (“stretch, extend”). Cognate with Welsh tynnu (“to pull”), Old Breton tinsit (“scattered, strewed”), Middle Breton tennaff, Modern Breton tennañ, Old Irish tendaid (“to press”).[1]

Verb

tedna

  1. to pull (apply force to something so that it comes towards the one applying the force)

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tedna”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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