N. teith n. “mark, stroke” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

⚠️N. teith, n. “mark, stroke” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

S. taith “sign, symbol; mark, [N.] stroke; ⚠️[G.] letter”

References ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31; PE23/22

Glosses

• “mark” ✧ Ety/TEK
• “stroke” ✧ PE22/31; PE23/22

Variations

• teith ✧ Ety/TEK; PE22/31; PE23/22

Inflections

deith

soft-mutation; t-mutation

✧ Ety/TEK

Element In

• N. andeith “long-mark” ✧ Ety/TEK

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tehta “mark (in writing), sign, diacritic” ✧ Ety/TEK

Derivations

• < ON. #tektha “mark” ✧ Ety/TEK (#tektha)
  • < ᴹ√TEK “write or draw (signs or letters), make a mark” ✧ Ety/TEK

Phonetic Developments

ON. #tektha > teith

[texθa] > [teiθa] > [teiθ]

✧ Ety/TEK

G. taith n. “a letter, mark, sign” (Category: Letter of the Alphabet)

References ✧ GL/40, 63, 68

Glosses

• “a letter, mark, sign” ✧ GL/68

Variations

• taith ✧ GL/40; GL/68

Related

• taith “a letter, mark, sign” cp. tê ✧ GL/68

Inflections

taithron

genitive plural

✧ GL/63

Element In

• G. godaithri “education, erudition; grammar” ✧ GL/40
• G. godaithri(o)n “learned, educated” ✧ GL/40 (godaithrin)
• G. pant taithron “*book, (lit.) arrangement of letters” ✧ GL/63

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶teʒt- ✧ GL/68
  • < teht < teʒt- ✧ GL/68
  • < ᴱ√TEKE “make marks”