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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tónos

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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

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Etymology

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    From *ten- (to stretch, extend) +‎ *-os.

    Noun

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    *tónos m (non-ablauting)[1][2][3][4]

    1. something stretched
    2. chord, fiber, string

    Inflection

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    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *tónos
    genitive *tónosyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *tónos *tónoh₁ *tónoes
    vocative *tóne *tónoh₁ *tónoes
    accusative *tónom *tónoh₁ *tónoms
    genitive *tónosyo *? *tónoHom
    ablative *tónead *? *tónomos, *tónobʰos
    dative *tónoey *? *tónomos, *tónobʰos
    locative *tóney, *tónoy *? *tónoysu
    instrumental *tónoh₁ *? *tónōys

    Descendants

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    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tánas
    • Proto-Hellenic: *tónos (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tā́nas

    References

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    1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 690-694
    2. ^ 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
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
    4. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1979), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 262, 301–303