Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/denḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*denḱ-

to bite

Derived terms

► <a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*den%E1%B8%B1-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *denḱ-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *denḱ-</a>

*denḱ- (root present)
- Germanic: *tinhaną (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *dáĉati (< *dánĉati, *danĉ- (root))
  - Indo-Aryan: *dáśati (*danś- (root))
    - Sanskrit: दशति (dáśati) (दंश् (daṃś, root))
*dn̥ḱ-né-
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: δάκνω (dáknō)
Unsorted formations:
- Albanian: *daknā
  - Albanian: darë, dang
- Germanic: *tanhjaną (“to tear, rend”)
  - Gothic: 𐍄𐌰𐌷𐌾𐌰𐌽 (tahjan)
- Germanic: *tanhuz (“tough”) (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *tangiz (“tongs”) (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 518
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 299

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