Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/teh₁g-

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

*teh₁g- (perfective)[1][2]

to touch

Derived terms

Category Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₁g- not found

*th₁-né-g-ti ~ *th₁-n-g-énti (nasal-infix present) (probably innovated)
- Proto-Italic: *tangō
  - Latin: tangō (“touch”)
*te-th₁g-e-t (reduplicated thematic aorist)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: τεταγών (tetagṓn, “seizing”)
- Proto-Italic: *tetagai
  - Latin: tetigī (“touched”)
*teh₁g-e-t (thematic aorist)
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: ceśäm (“touch”), ceken-
*teh₁g-s-t (sigmatic aorist)
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: teksa (“touch”), ceken-

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*tag-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1054-1055
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*teh₂g-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 616-617

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*tag-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1054-1055

[2] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*teh₂g-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 616-617