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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
*teg- + *-us
Adjective
*tégus[1][2]
- thick
Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
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masculine
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feminine
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nominative
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*tégus
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*tgéwih₂
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genitive
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*tgéws
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*tguyéh₂s
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masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*tégus
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*téguh₁(e)
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*tégewes
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vocative
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*tégu
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*téguh₁(e)
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*tégewes
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accusative
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*tégum
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*téguh₁(e)
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*tégums
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genitive
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*tgéws
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*?
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*tgéwoHom
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ablative
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*tgéws
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*?
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*tgúmos
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dative
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*tgéwey
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*?
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*tgúmos
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locative
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*tgéw, *tgéwi
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*?
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*tgúsu
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instrumental
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*tgúh₁
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*?
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*tgúmis
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feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*tgéwih₂
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*tgéwih₂h₁(e)
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*tgéwih₂es
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vocative
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*tgéwih₂
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*tgéwih₂h₁(e)
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*tgéwih₂es
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accusative
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*tgéwih₂m̥
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*tgéwih₂h₁(e)
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*tgéwih₂m̥s
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genitive
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*tguyéh₂s
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*?
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*tguyéh₂oHom
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ablative
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*tguyéh₂s
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*?
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*tguyéh₂mos
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dative
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*tguyéh₂ey
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*?
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*tguyéh₂mos
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locative
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*tguyéh₂, *tguyéh₂i
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*?
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*tguyéh₂su
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instrumental
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*tguyéh₂h₁
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*?
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*tguyéh₂mis
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neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*tégu
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*tégwih₁
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*téguh₂
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vocative
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*tégu
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*tégwih₁
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*téguh₂
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accusative
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*tégu
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*tégwih₁
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*téguh₂
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genitive
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*tgéws
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*?
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*tgéwoHom
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ablative
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*tgéws
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*?
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*tgúmos
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dative
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*tgéwey
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*?
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*tgúmos
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locative
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*tgéw, *tgéwi
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*?
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*tgúsu
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instrumental
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*tgúh₁
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*?
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*tgúmis
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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