Where does “tēoþian” come from?

tēoþian (Old English) comes from Old English tēoþa, from Proto-West Germanic tehundō, from Proto-Germanic tehundô — tenth.

tēoþian (Old English): to take a tenth (of something)

Definitions

  1. to take a tenth (of something)

Ancestry of “tēoþian”, step by step

tēoþian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English tēoþa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtēoþatenth
2Proto-West Germanictehundōtenth
3Proto-Germanictehundôtenth

via Proto-Germanic tehunþô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictehunþô—

Words derived from “tēoþian”

Every word from Proto-Germanic tehundô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehundō →Every word from Old English tēoþa →