tenna

noun. letter (epistola)

Changes

• tenna → tenna “a letter, sign” ✧ PE19/086

Derivations

• ✶teknā “a letter (epistola)” ✧ PE19/086
  • √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE19/086

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶teknā > tenna	[teknā] > [tegnā] > [teŋnā] > [teŋna] > [tenna]	✧ PE19/086

Variations

• tenna ✧ PE19/086 (tenna); PE19/086 (tenna)

tenca

noun. letter (epistola)

Cognates

• ᴺS. tain “letter, epistle, missive”

Derivations

• ✶teknā “a letter (epistola)”
  • √TEK “make a written mark, sign, write, make a written mark, sign, write, [ᴹ√] write or draw (signs or letters)” ✧ PE19/086