tun
Old English
noun
Definitions
- an enclosed piece of ground, an enclosure or garden
- the enclosed ground belonging to an individual dwelling
- the group of houses on an area of enclosed land, a homestead
- a large inhabited place, a town
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *tūną (enclosure, fence).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*tūną
Gloss
enclosure, fence
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
垣, 柵
Emoji
🤺
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Clinton English
- Clintonesque English
- Clintonian English
- Clintonism English
- Clintonist English
- Clintonista English
- Clintonite English
- Clintonization English
- Clintonize English
- Clintonoid English
- Shelton English
- Skelton English
- Skeltonian English
- Sutton English
- Uffington English
- Winston English
- Winstonian English
- clintonite English
- *tūną Proto-Germanic
- -tun Old English
- Uffa Old English
- scylfe Old English
- stān Old English
- suþ Old English
- tūn Old English
- wine Old English
- wines Old English
- tún Old Norse
- zūn Old High German
- *tūn gmw-pro
- tūn Old Dutch
- *dūnom Proto-Celtic
- *dunum Gaulish
- *dūnon Gaulish
- dunon Gaulish
- dunum Gaulish