Where does “Teign” come from?

Teign (English) comes from Old English Teng, from Proto-Celtic *tīn, from Proto-Indo-European teh₂- — to melt; to flow, stream; Alternative form of...

Teign (English): which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth

Definitions

  1. which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth

Ancestry of “Teign”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishTeng—
2Proto-Celtic*tīn—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanteh₂-to melt; to flow, stream; Alternative form of...

Words derived from “Teign”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European teh₂- →