*tainaz

Runic: ᛏᚨᛁᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈtɑi̯.nɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

Unknown; expected to reflect pre-Germanic *doynos. Kroonen connects *tiną (‘tin’).

*tain (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tēn (Old Dutch)
  - têne (Middle Dutch)
    - teen (Dutch)
    - tieën (Limburgish)
*tain (Proto-West Germanic)
- tān (Old English)
  - *tan (Middle English)
    - tan (English)
*tain (Proto-West Germanic)
- tān (Old English)
  - misteltān (Old English)
    - mistelta, mistilte, mistelto, mystiltyne, mystilltyn, mystyldene (Middle English)
      - mistletoe (English)
      - misseldeu, messeldeu (Scots)
*tain (Proto-West Germanic)
- *tēn (Old Frisian)
  - Täinelse (Saterland Frisian)
  - tien (West Frisian)
*tain (Proto-West Germanic)
- zein (Old High German)
  - zein (Middle High German)
    - Zein, Zain (German)
*tain (Proto-West Germanic)
- tēn (Old Saxon)
  - tên (Middle Low German)
teinn (Old Norse)
- teinur (Faroese)
- teinn (Icelandic)
teinn (Old Norse)
- ten (Danish)
  - ten (Norwegian Bokmål)
teinn (Old Norse)
- tein, teidn, tæn (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - tein (Norwegian Bokmål)
teinn (Old Norse)
- tēn (Old Swedish)
  - ten (Swedish)
𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (tains) (Gothic)
*taina (Proto-Finnic)