Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA rank of nobility in pre-Norman England, roughly equivalent to baron.
From Middle English theyn, thein, þein, from Old English þæġn, þeġen, þeġn, from Proto-West Germanic *þegn (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Germanic *þegnaz (“man, warrior”), from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“to give birth”); akin to Dutch degen, German Degen, Old Norse þegn and Ancient Greek τέκνον (téknon, “child”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiontheynenm
- Inherited-form mentionþæġnang
- Inherited-form mention*þegngmw-pro · man, warrior
- Inherited-form mention*þegnazgem-pro · man, warrior
- Derivation mention*teḱ-ine-pro · to give birth
- Cognate mentiondegennl
- Cognate mentionDegende
- Cognate mentionþegnnon
- Cognate mentionτέκνονgrc · child
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