Where does “tən” come from?
tən (Proto-Athabaskan) comes from Persian تن, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ, from Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tondā — to stretch, string; to cut.
tən (Proto-Athabaskan): ice, frost
Definitions
- ice, frost
Ancestry of “tən”, step by step
tən traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Persian تن
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 2 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 3 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 4 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 5 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 7 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
via Old Anatolian Turkish دَكْ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | دَكْ | — |
| 2 | Old Turkic | teŋ | equivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 等 | — |
via Proto-Uralic tinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Uralic | tinä | you, thou |