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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ténh₂us

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

Etymology

From *tenh₂- (“thin”), probably an extension of *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

Adjective

*ténh₂us [1]

  1. thin

Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
masculine feminine
nominative *ténh₂us *tn̥h₂éwih₂
genitive *tn̥h₂éws *tn̥h₂uyéh₂s
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *ténh₂us *ténh₂uh₁(e) *ténh₂ewes
vocative *ténh₂u *ténh₂uh₁(e) *ténh₂ewes
accusative *ténh₂um *ténh₂uh₁(e) *ténh₂ums
genitive *tn̥h₂éws *? *tn̥h₂éwoHom
ablative *tn̥h₂éws *? *tn̥h₂úmos
dative *tn̥h₂éwey *? *tn̥h₂úmos
locative *tn̥h₂éw, *tn̥h₂éwi *? *tn̥h₂úsu
instrumental *tn̥h₂úh₁ *? *tn̥h₂úbʰi
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *tn̥h₂éwih₂ *tn̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) *tn̥h₂éwih₂es
vocative *tn̥h₂éwih₂ *tn̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) *tn̥h₂éwih₂es
accusative *tn̥h₂éwih₂m̥ *tn̥h₂éwih₂h₁(e) *tn̥h₂éwih₂m̥s
genitive *tn̥h₂uyéh₂s *? *tn̥h₂uyéh₂oHom
ablative *tn̥h₂uyéh₂s *? *tn̥h₂uyéh₂mos
dative *tn̥h₂uyéh₂ey *? *tn̥h₂uyéh₂mos
locative *tn̥h₂uyéh₂, *tn̥h₂uyéh₂i *? *tn̥h₂uyéh₂su
instrumental *tn̥h₂uyéh₂h₁ *? *tn̥h₂uyéh₂bʰi
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *ténh₂u *ténh₂wih₁ *ténh₂uh₂
vocative *ténh₂u *ténh₂wih₁ *ténh₂uh₂
accusative *ténh₂u *ténh₂wih₁ *ténh₂uh₂
genitive *tn̥h₂éws *? *tn̥h₂éwoHom
ablative *tn̥h₂éws *? *tn̥h₂úmos
dative *tn̥h₂éwey *? *tn̥h₂úmos
locative *tn̥h₂éw, *tn̥h₂éwi *? *tn̥h₂úsu
instrumental *tn̥h₂úh₁ *? *tn̥h₂úbʰi

Derived terms
  • *tenh₂-w-ó/éh₂- / *tn̥h₂-ew-ó/éh₂-[1][2]
    • Balto-Slavic: *tenˀwas
      • Latvian: tievs
      • Lithuanian: tę́vas
    • Hellenic: *tanawós
      • Ancient Greek: τᾰνᾰός (tanaós)
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀲𐀙𐀷 (ta-na-wa), 𐀲𐀙𐀺 (ta-na-wo)
  • *tn̥h₂-ew-yó/yéh₂-[1]
    • Celtic: *tenauyos [3]
      • Old Irish: tanae, tana
      • Brythonic:
        • Middle Breton: tanau
          • Breton: tanav
        • Old Cornish: teneþen
          • Cornish: tenow
        • Old Welsh: teneu
  • *tn̥h₂-u-kos ~ ténh₂-u-kos[1][2][4]
    • Balto-Slavic: *tinˀukas
    • Indo-Iranian: *tánukas
      • Indo-Aryan: *tánukas
        • Sanskrit: तनुक (tánuka)

Descendants
  • Germanic: *þunnuz (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
  • Indo-Iranian: *tánuš
    • Indo-Aryan: *tánuṣ
      • Sanskrit: तनु (tanú), तनुस् (tanus)
    • Iranian: *tánuš
      • Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬥𐬏‎ (tanū)
      • Kurdish: tenik (“thin”), teng (“narrow”)
      • Ossetian тӕнӕг (tænæg)
      • Persian: تنگ‎ (tang)
      • → Old Armenian: թանկ (tʿank) / թանգ (tʿang)
  • Italic: *tn̥wis[5]
    • Latin: tenuis (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 694-698
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 464–465
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 367–68
  4. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tьnъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505
  5. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tenuis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 613-614
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