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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tewk-

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

*tewk-

  1. germ, seed, sprout, offspring

Etymology

Compare *tewh₂- (“to swell, crowd, be strong”). Possibly analyzed as *tewh₂-k- or *tewH-k-, though the evidence is unclear[1]. Superficially similar to *(s)tewk- (“to strike, hit”) but unclear whether semantically related.

Derived terms
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  • *túk
    • Indo-Iranian: *túk, *túč
      • Indo-Aryan: *túk, *túć
        • Sanskrit: तुक् (túk, “boy”)[2], तुच् (túc, “offspring, children (only attested in RV dat. fem. तुचे (tucé))”)[2]
  • *tewk-ós
    • Germanic: *þeuhą (“thigh”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Balto-Slavic: *tauˀkás[3]
      • Lithuanian: taukaĩ pl
      • Latvian: tàuki pl
      • Old Prussian: taukis
      • Slavic: *tȗkъ (see there for further descendants)
    • Indo-Iranian: *tawkás
      • Indo-Aryan: *tawkás
        • Sanskrit: तोक (toká, “offspring, including of animals”)[2]
  • *téwk-mos
    • Indo-Iranian: *táwkmas
      • Indo-Aryan: *táwkmas
        • Sanskrit: तोक्म (tókma, “a young shoot, offspring”)[2]
  • *téwk-mn̥
    • Indo-Iranian: *táwkma (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Celtic: *tuknā (< *tuk-mn̥) (possibly)
      • Old Irish: tón (“anus”)
        • Scottish Gaelic: tòin (“anus,arse”)
        • Irish: tóin (“anus, buttocks”)

References
  1. Zair, Nicholas. The Reflexes of the Indo-European Laryngeals in Celtic, page 155
  2. Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary 2008 revision
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tȗkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500
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