Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/teng-

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

*teng-[1][2]

to think
to perceive

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teng- (think)

*tn̥g-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)[3]
- Proto-Germanic: *þunkijaną (“to seem, to appear”) (see there for further descendants)
*tong-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Germanic: *þankijaną (“to think”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *tongēō
  - Latin: tongeō (“to know”)
*tóng-os[4]
- Proto-Germanic: *þankaz (“thought, remembrance, gratitude”) (see there for further descendants)
*téng-wr̥ ~ *tn̥g-wén-
- Proto-Tocharian: *täṅkwä (“love”)[5]
  - Tocharian A: tuṅk
  - Tocharian B: taṅkw

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*teng-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 629
De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tongēre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 623
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 533-534
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “taṅkw”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 294

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*teng-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 629

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tongēre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 623

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 533-534

[4] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533

[5] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “taṅkw”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 294