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Where does “tȳnan” come from?

tȳnan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan.

tȳnan (Old English): to slander, vex

Definitions

  1. to slander, vex

Ancestry of “tȳnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*tūnijan—

Words derived from “tȳnan”

  • tenen
  • untynan
  • ontynan
  • betynan
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan →