þenja
Icelandic
/ˈθɛnja/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to stretch, spread out, draw (a bow)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þenja inherited from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ten-
Gloss
stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attainable English
- detain English
- discountenance English
- entertainer English
- impertinent English
- incontinency English
- incontinently English
- maintainer English
- paratenic English
- retainer English
- retentiveness English
- retentivity English
- sustainment English
- tendency English
- tender English
- tenesmus English
- tenure English
- tenurial English
- abstinentia Latin
- abstineo Latin
- abstineō Latin
- antenna Latin
- attingō Latin
- contentiō Latin
- continentia Latin
- contineo Latin
- continere Latin
- continēntem Latin
- continēre Latin
- detineo Latin
- incontinens Latin
- incontinentia Latin
- inter Latin
- manus tenere Latin
- manū Latin
- obtinēre Latin
- pertinens Latin
- pertineo Latin
- pertinere Latin
- pertineō Latin
- pertinēre, pertineo, pertineō Latin
- retentiō, retentiōnis Latin
- retentor Latin
- retentus Latin
- retineo Latin
- retineō Latin
- sustinere Latin
- sustinēre, sustineō Latin
- tendentia Latin
- tendere Latin
- tener Latin
- tener, tenerum Latin
- tenerum Latin
- tenet Latin
- tenimentum Latin
- tenor Latin
- tensiō, tensiōnem Latin
- tenēre Latin
- Dehnung German
- ausdehnen German
- dehnbar German
- dehnen German
- tendieren German
- attendibilità Italian
- inattendibilità Italian
- tendere Italian
- tenero Italian
- tenzonare Italian
- tendens Dutch, Flemish
- hypertendre French
- pertinence French
- retendre French
- supertendre French
- tendance French
- tendre French
- tendrement French
- tendresse French
- tendreur French
- tenture French
- ultratendre French
- тенёто Russian
- tender Spanish, Castilian
- παλίντονος Ancient Greek
- παρατείνω Ancient Greek
- τάσις Ancient Greek
- τένων Ancient Greek
- τέτανος Ancient Greek
- ταινία Ancient Greek
- τείνω Ancient Greek
- τεινεσμός Ancient Greek
- τετανός Ancient Greek
- ἐκτείνω Ancient Greek
- ὑποτείνω Ancient Greek
- *stengh- : *stn̥gh- Proto-Indo-European
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- *tend- Proto-Indo-European
- *tenkt- Proto-Indo-European
- *tn̥néwti Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-tis, *téntis Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *tón-os, *tónos Proto-Indo-European
- tendere Norwegian Bokmål
- tender Portuguese
- *þanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *þindaną Proto-Germanic
- þennan Old English
- तान Sanskrit
- téad Irish
- þenja Old Norse
- *teneto Proto-Slavic
- *tьnъkъ Proto-Slavic
- entretenement Old French
- tendre Old French
- तनना Hindi
- तनाव Hindi
- tandru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- τείνω Greek (modern)
- tant Welsh
- tynnu Welsh
- denen Old High German
- stingrs Latvian
- թել Old Armenian
- tét Old Irish
- tead Manx
- dehnen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- lieutenant Middle French
- thennen Old Dutch
- *tantā Proto-Celtic
- þænia Old Swedish
- *tendō Proto-Italic
- *tenēō Proto-Italic
- *tonslis Proto-Italic
- tindi Friulian
- тенето Old East Slavic
- *téňňō Proto-Hellenic
- tana Norn