Etymology

Teign

T1E1I1G2N1

Today it means: A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth. Full definition →

Old English Teng ← Proto-Celtic *tīn ← Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*teh₂-“to flow”
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*tīn“river”
  3. Old English · inherited fromTeng
  4. English todayTeign

First attested as Old English Teng in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 739, probably from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Tenna.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*tīn all →

tyne

Proto-Indo-European*teh₂- all →

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