eldertongue

Old English · noun

Teng

Part of speech
noun

Meaning

  1. Teign (a river in England).

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). Attested in a 739 charter.

Descendants

teign

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