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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ténos
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
*ten- (“stretch, extend”) + *-os
Noun
*ténos n[1][2][3]
- extension
Inflection
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *ténos | ||
| genitive | *ténesos | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ténos | *ténesih₁ | *ténōs |
| vocative | *ténos | *ténesih₁ | *ténōs |
| accusative | *ténos | *ténesih₁ | *ténōs |
| genitive | *ténesos | *? | *ténesoHom |
| ablative | *ténesos | *? | *ténesmos |
| dative | *ténesey | *? | *ténesmos |
| locative | *ténes, *ténesi | *? | *ténesu |
| instrumental | *ténesh₁ | *? | *ténesmis |
Descendants
- Proto-Hellenic: *ténos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tánas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tánas
- Sanskrit: तनस् (tánas)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tánas
- Proto-Italic: *tenos
- Latin: tenus, tenor, tener
References
- Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 690-694
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τείνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1457-1458
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “teneō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 612-613