Teign

A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.

Proper noun

  1. A river in Devon, England, which has its source on Dartmoor, flowing into the English Channel at Teignmouth.

Origin

First attested as Old English Teng in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 739, probably from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Tyne and Tenna.

Derived

Bishopsteignton Drewsteignton Teignbridge Teigngrace Teignmouth