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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tégus
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
*teg- + *-us
Adjective
*tégus[1][2]
- thick
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *tégus | *tgéwih₂ | |
| genitive | *tgéws | *tguyéh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tégus | *téguh₁(e) | *tégewes |
| vocative | *tégu | *téguh₁(e) | *tégewes |
| accusative | *tégum | *téguh₁(e) | *tégums |
| genitive | *tgéws | *? | *tgéwoHom |
| ablative | *tgéws | *? | *tgúmos |
| dative | *tgéwey | *? | *tgúmos |
| locative | *tgéw, *tgéwi | *? | *tgúsu |
| instrumental | *tgúh₁ | *? | *tgúmis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tgéwih₂ | *tgéwih₂h₁(e) | *tgéwih₂es |
| vocative | *tgéwih₂ | *tgéwih₂h₁(e) | *tgéwih₂es |
| accusative | *tgéwih₂m̥ | *tgéwih₂h₁(e) | *tgéwih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *tguyéh₂s | *? | *tguyéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *tguyéh₂s | *? | *tguyéh₂mos |
| dative | *tguyéh₂ey | *? | *tguyéh₂mos |
| locative | *tguyéh₂, *tguyéh₂i | *? | *tguyéh₂su |
| instrumental | *tguyéh₂h₁ | *? | *tguyéh₂mis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *tégu | *tégwih₁ | *téguh₂ |
| vocative | *tégu | *tégwih₁ | *téguh₂ |
| accusative | *tégu | *tégwih₁ | *téguh₂ |
| genitive | *tgéws | *? | *tgéwoHom |
| ablative | *tgéws | *? | *tgúmos |
| dative | *tgéwey | *? | *tgúmos |
| locative | *tgéw, *tgéwi | *? | *tgúsu |
| instrumental | *tgúh₁ | *? | *tgúmis |
Descendants
- Proto-Celtic: *tegus (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *þekuz (see there for further descendants)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tegu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 377
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þeku-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 537