Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/telkʷ-

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

*telkʷ-[1][2]

to talk

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telkʷ-

*tlokʷ-[2]
- Proto-Celtic: *tlokʷīti
  - Old Irish: tluchedar
    - ⇒ Old Irish: ad·tluchedar
    - ⇒ Old Irish: do·tluchedar
*tlokʷ-e-tor[1][2]
- Proto-Italic: *tlokʷōr (see there for further descendants)
*tl̥kʷ-os[2]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *tъlkъ
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tarkás (possibly)
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tarkás
    - Sanskrit: तर्क (tarká, “conjecture”) (or from *terkʷ-)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “loquor, loquī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348-349
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tlokʷ-ī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380-381

[De_vaan_1-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “loquor, loquī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 348-349

[Matasovich_1-2] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tlokʷ-ī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 380-381