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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tīhaną

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

From Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti, from *deyḱ- (to show). Cognate with Latin dīcō (speak, say, tell), Ancient Greek δείκνυμι (deíknumi, show, point out, explain, teach).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiː.xɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*tīhaną[1][2]

  1. to show, point out
  2. to blame, accuse

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *tihtiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tīhan
    • Old English: tēon
      • Middle English: tēn
    • Old Saxon: aftīhan
    • Old Dutch: *tīan
    • Old High German: zīhan
      • Middle High German: zīhen
  • Old Norse: tjá
    • Icelandic: tjá
    • Faroese: tíggja
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: te
    • Old Swedish: tēa
      • Swedish: te
    • Danish: te
      • Norwegian Bokmål: te
  • Gothic: *𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (*teihan)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tīhan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 517
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tīxanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 407
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