Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tūną

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

Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtuː.nɑ̃/

Noun

*tūną n

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *tūną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tūną	*tūnō
vocative	*tūną	*tūnō
accusative	*tūną	*tūnō
genitive	tūnas, tūnis	*tūnǫ̂
dative	*tūnai	*tūnamaz
instrumental	*tūnō	*tūnamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tūn m
- Old English: tūn
  - Middle English: toun, town
    - English: town
      - → Chichewa: tawuni
      - → Pennsylvania German: Taun
    - Scots: toun, tone, toon, town
- Old Frisian: tūn
  - Saterland Frisian: Tuun
  - West Frisian: tún
- Old Saxon: tūn
  - Middle Low German: tûn
    - German Low German: Tuun
    - Low German: Tuun
- Old Dutch: tūn
  - Middle Dutch: tuun
    - Dutch: tuin
      - Afrikaans: tuin
      - Berbice Creole Dutch: tun
      - Skepi Creole Dutch: tun
    - Limburgish: toen
    - West Flemish: tuun
    - Zealandic: tuun
- Old High German: zūn
  - Middle High German: zūn, zoun; ziune
    - German: Zaun
    - Luxembourgish: Zonk
    - Vilamovian: caojn
Old Norse: tún
- Icelandic: tún
- Faroese: tún
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tun; (dialectal) ton
- Swedish: tun, -tuna, Tuna
- Danish: tun
  - Norwegian Bokmål: tun
→ Proto-Slavic: *tynъ (see there for further descendants)

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