Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/tain

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tainaz.

Noun

*tain m

1. twig

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*tain
Genitive	*tainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*tain	*tainō, *tainōs
Accusative	*tain	*tainā
Genitive	*tainas	*tainō
Dative	*tainē	*tainum
Instrumental	*tainu	*tainum

Descendants

• Old English: tān
  • Middle English: *tan
    • English: tan (“twig, small switch”)
  • ⇒ Old English: misteltān
    • Middle English: mistelta, mistilte, mistelto, mystiltyne, mystilltyn, mystyldene
      • Scots: misseldeu, messeldeu
      • English: mistletoe
• Old Frisian: *tēn
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Täinelse (“garden fence woven from willow rods”)
  • West Frisian: tien
• Old Saxon: tēn
  • Middle Low German: tên
• Old Dutch: *tēn
  • Middle Dutch: têne
    • Dutch: teen
    • Limburgish: tieën
• Old High German: zein
  • Middle High German: zein
    • German: Zein, Zain