Where does “tən” come from?
tən (Proto-Athabaskan) comes from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz, from Polish tu — to be able.
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 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 4 | Old French | ton | your |
| 5 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 6 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 7 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 8 | Polish | tu | here |
| 9 | Polish | być | to be |
| 10 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 11 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 12 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
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 |