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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic тенето (teneto), тонето (toneto), from Proto-Slavic *teneto, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten-. Cognates include Lithuanian tiñklas.
Pronunciation
Noun
тенёто • (tenjóto) n inan (genitive тенёта, nominative plural тенёта, genitive plural тенёт, relational adjective тенётный)
- (rare) net used for trapping rabbits or other animals
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тенето”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “тенёта”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 235