Where does “tēoþung” come from?

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

tēoþung (Old English): a tithe

Definitions

  1. a tithe

Ancestry of “tēoþung”, step by step

tēoþung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English tēoþian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtēoþianto take a tenth (of something)
2Old Englishtēoþatenth
3Proto-West Germanictehundōtenth
4Proto-Germanictehundôtenth

via Old English tēoða

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtēoðatithe, "n."
2Proto-Germanictehunþô—
Every word from Proto-Germanic tehundô →Every word from Proto-West Germanic tehundō →Every word from Old English tēoþa →