Proto-Germanic

*tūną

‘fence, enclosure’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *tūną.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *tūną, most familiar first.

• town ← toun ← tūn ← *tūn
• teen ← tenen ← tȳnan ← *tūnijan ← *tūn
• tine ← tynen ← tȳnan ← tūn ← *tūn

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *tūną