Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tn̥néh₂

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

Etymology

From *ten- (“to extend, stretch”) +‎ *-néh₂.

Noun

*tn̥néh₂ f[1][2]

a stretch

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	singular
nominative	*tń̥neh₂
genitive	*tń̥neh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tń̥neh₂	*tń̥neh₂h₁(e)	*tń̥neh₂es
vocative	*tń̥neh₂	*tń̥neh₂h₁(e)	*tń̥neh₂es
accusative	*tń̥nām	*tń̥neh₂h₁(e)	*tń̥neh₂m̥s
genitive	*tń̥neh₂s	*?	*tń̥neh₂oHom
ablative	*tń̥neh₂s	*?	*tń̥neh₂mos
dative	*tń̥neh₂ey	*?	*tń̥neh₂mos
locative	tń̥neh₂, tń̥neh₂i	*?	*tń̥neh₂su
instrumental	*tń̥neh₂h₁	*?	*tń̥neh₂mis

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Latvian: tina
Proto-Celtic: *tanā (“time”)
- Proto-Brythonic: *tan
  - Old Breton: tan, dan
  - Middle Cornish: tan
    - Cornish: tann, yn-dann
  - Middle Welsh: tan
    - Welsh: tan
- Old Irish: tan
Proto-Germanic: *þunō (“springe; tenter, stretcher”)
- Old High German: dona
  - German: Dohne
- Old Norse: þǫn

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 626-627
Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 626-627

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 367