Etymograph

English

Thynne

Thynne comes from Middle English thinne ‘lean, slender’, from Old English þynne ‘thin’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- ‘to stretch’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenh₂-‘to stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ténh₂us‘thin’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tn̥h₂wúsreconstructedvariant of *ténh₂us
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þunnuz‘thin’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þunnī‘thin’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150þynne‘thin’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thinne‘lean, slender’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500Thynne
  9. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenh₂-‘to stretch’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*ténh₂us‘thin’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tn̥h₂wúsreconstructedvariant of *ténh₂us
  4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þunnuz‘thin’reconstructed
  5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þunnī‘thin’reconstructed
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150þynne‘thin’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500thinne‘lean, slender’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500Thynne
  9. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ténh₂us ‘thin’

thin, extenuating, 6 more

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tenh₂- / Thynne

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