tǫnn

See also: tonn, tónn, and tönn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tanþs, whence also Old English tōþ (English tooth), Old Frisian tōth, Old Saxon tand (German Low German Tahn, Tähn), Old Dutch tand (Dutch tand), Old High German zand, zan (German Zahn), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus).

Noun

tǫnn f

tooth

Declension

Declension of tǫnn (strong consonant stem)

feminine	singular		plural
feminine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tǫnn	tǫnnin	tenn, tennr, teðr	tennrnar, teðrnar
accusative	tǫnn	tǫnnina	tenn, tennr, teðr	tennrnar, teðrnar
dative	tǫnn	tǫnninni	tǫnnum	tǫnnunum
genitive	tannar	tannarinnar	tanna	tannanna

Derived terms

gulltǫnn (“gold-tooth”)

Descendants

Icelandic: tönn f
Faroese: tonn f
Norwegian Bokmål: tann m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk: tann f
Old Swedish: tan f
- Swedish: tand c
Old Danish: tan
- Danish: tand c

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