Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tehwō

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *déḱweh₂, from *deḱ- (“to fit”). Verner's alternate of *tēwō with different ablaut of the root syllable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.xʷɔː/

Noun

*tehwō f

1. order, array

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *tehwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tehwō	*tehwôz
vocative	*tehwō	*tehwôz
accusative	*tehwǭ	*tehwōz
genitive	*tehwōz	*tehwǫ̂
dative	*tehwōi	*tehwōmaz
instrumental	*tehwō	*tehwōmiz

Related terms

• *tēwō
• *tehwōną
• *tēwijaną
• *tēwijaz

Descendants

• Old Saxon: *teha
  • Middle Low German: teche
• Old High German: *zeha
  • Middle High German: zeche, zech

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN