тенёто

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic тенето (teneto), тонето (toneto), from Proto-Slavic *teneto, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten-. Cognates include Lithuanian tiñklas, German Dohne, Latin tenus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲɪˈnʲɵtə]

Noun

тенёто • (tenjóton inan (genitive тенёта, nominative plural тенёта, genitive plural тенёт, relational adjective тенётный)

  1. (rare) net used for trapping rabbits or other animals

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See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тенето”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “тенёта”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 235

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