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