tänav

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᛏᚨᚾᚺᚢ- (*tanhu-), ᛏᚨᚾᚺᚹᛁᛃᚨ- (*tanhwija-). Compare Old Norse and Swedish , tåg. Cognate to Finnish tanhua and Votic tanava (street) (Kattila). The sound change of /ɑ/ -> /æ/ in the first syllable is irregular, the regular variants tanav, tanev can be seen in dialects.

Noun

tänav (genitive tänava, partitive tänavat)

  1. street

Declension

Further reading

  • tänav in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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