Old English · noun
tænel
Normalised tǣnel
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈtæː.nel/
- Syllables
- ˈtæː · nel (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- teanelwickerbasket
Meaning
-
a wicker basket
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *tainīl, from Proto-Germanic *tainīlaz, a diminutive of *tainijǭ (“wickerwork; basket”), from *tainaz (“rod; twig”). Related to Old High German zeina (“basket”), Old Norse teina (“wicker basket”).
Descendants
teanel
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