Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þeutaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Possibly imitative.
Compare similar onomatopoeias in other Indo-European languages: Latin tutubō (“to cry (of an owl)”), Ancient Greek τυτώ (tutṓ, “a kind of owl”), Lithuanian tutúoti (“to blow, pipe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *þeutaną (strong class 2)
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- *þeutǭ (“pipe, channel”, originally “flute”?)