Etymograph

English

Teign

Teign comes from Old English Teng.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Teng
  2. EnglishtodayTeign

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Teng
  2. EnglishtodayTeign

The story

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’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- ‘to flow’

thaw, tench, 5 more

Today it means

name A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English Teng / Teign

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