Where does “tenen” come from?

tenen (Middle English) comes from Old English tȳnan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan — to enclose, put a fence around.

Ancestry of “tenen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtȳnanto slander, vex
2Proto-West Germanic*tūnijanto enclose, put a fence around

Words derived from “tenen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan →Every word from Old English tȳnan →