Where does “tathen” come from?
tathen (Middle English) comes from Old Norse teðja, from Proto-Germanic tadjaną, from Proto-Indo-European dāy- — to divide, split, section, part, separate; to...
Ancestry of “tathen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | teðja | to manure; to scatter manure |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tadjaną | To strew, to scatter; To dung, to manure |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dāy- | to divide, split, section, part, separate; to... |