Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰenh₂-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms 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

*dʰenh₂-[1]

to set in motion
to flow

Alternative reconstructions

*dʰen-[2]

Related terms

*déh₂nu (“River goddess”)

Derived terms

*dʰe-dʰónh₂-e (stative)[1]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: τέθνᾰμεν (téthnamen, 1sg.pf.)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dadʰā́nHa
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dadʰā́nHa
    - Vedic Sanskrit: दधन्वाँस् (dadhanvā́m̐s-, “running”, ptc.)
*dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- (present)[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰánwati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰánwati
    - Sanskrit: धन्वति (dhánvati)
*dʰonh₂-éye-ti (causative)[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰánayati
  - Proto-Iranian: *dánayati
    - Persian: دنیدن‎ (danīdan, “to hasten, run”)
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Vedic Sanskrit: धनयति (dhanáyati, “to set in motion”)
*dʰonh₂-i-s
- >? Proto-Germanic: *daniz (“Dane”) (see there for further descendants)
*dʰónh₂-o-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰánHas
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰánHas
    - Sanskrit: धन (dhána, “competition, contest, strife; prize”)
*dʰn̥h₂-(i)-sḱé-ti[1]
- >? Proto-Hellenic: *tʰnāiskō
  - Ancient Greek: θνῄσκω (thnḗiskō, “to die”), ἔθᾰνον (éthanon, aor.)
*dʰónh₂-ti-s ~ *dʰn̥h₂-téy-s[3]
- >? Proto-Italic: *ðonts
  - Latin: fōns (“fountain, (well)spring, source”) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Sanskrit: दधन्ति (dadhanti)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰanH-
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰanH-
  - Sanskrit: धन् (√dhan)
Proto-Tocharian: *tsän-[2]
- Tocharian A: tsno (“to flow”, pf.ptc.)
- Tocharian A: tsnāntär (subjunctive)
- Tocharian B: *tsnamo (“flowing”)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰenh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 144–145
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “tsnamo*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 813: “*dʰen- ‘run, flow’”
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fōns, fontis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 230–231

[LIV-1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰenh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 144–145

[Adams-2] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “tsnamo*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 813: “*dʰen- ‘run, flow’”

[de_Vaan-3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fōns, fontis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 230–231