Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tūną

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 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 (Pre-)Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”) before Grimm's law changed *d to *t.

Pronunciation

Noun

*tūną n

  1. fence
  2. enclosure

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

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*tūną-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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