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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeutaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly imitative.

Compare similar onomatopoeias in other Indo-European languages: Latin tutubō (to cry (of an owl)), Ancient Greek τυτώ (tutṓ, a kind of owl), Lithuanian tutúoti (to blow, pipe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθeu̯.tɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þeutaną[1][2]

  1. to howl, roar

Inflection

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • *þeutǭ (pipe, channel, originally “flute”?)

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þeutan, *þūtan
    • Old English: þēotan, þūtan
    • Old High German: diozan
      • Middle High German: diezen
  • Old Norse: þjóta

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þeutan-~*þūtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þeutanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
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