Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/teng-

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

Root

*teng-^[1]^[2]^[3]

to make wet

Reconstruction notes

According to Mallory and Adams, the term has limited attestation and may belong to Late Proto-Indo-European.^[4]

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teng- (dip) (3 c, 0 e)

*téng-e-ti (thematic root present)
- Proto-Germanic: *þinkaną^[5]
  - ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *þunkōną
    - Proto-West Germanic: *þunkōn (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: τέγγω (téngō)
- Proto-Italic: *tengō^[6]
  - Latin: tingō (see there for further descendants)
*tḗng-s-t ~ *téng-s-n̥t. (s-aorist)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἔτεγξᾰ (étenxă)
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: tīnxī
*teng-o-^[5]
- Proto-Germanic:
  - Proto-West Germanic: *þink (“moist”)
    - Old High German: *dink
      - Middle High German: *dink
        Alemannic German: tink

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 628
^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 39
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1067
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 639
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 620

Root

*teng-^[1]^[2]^[3]

to think
to perceive

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teng- (think) (17 c, 0 e)

*tn̥g-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)^[4]
- Proto-Germanic: *þunkijaną (“to seem, to appear”) (see there for further descendants)
*tong-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Germanic: *þankijaną (“to think”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *tongeō^[5]
  - Latin: tongeō (“to know”)
*tóng-os^[6]
- Proto-Germanic: *þankaz (“thought, remembrance, gratitude”) (see there for further descendants)
*téng-wr̥ ~ *tn̥g-wén-
- Proto-Tocharian: *täṅkwä (“love”)^[7]
  - Tocharian A: tuṅk
  - Tocharian B: taṅkw

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*teng-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 629
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tongēre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 623
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 575
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 533-534
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 623
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “taṅkw”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 294

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 628

[2] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 39

[3] Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1067

[4] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 639

[EDPG-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551

[6] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 620

[7] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “2.*teng-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 629

[8] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “tongēre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 623

[9] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 575

[10] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þankjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 533-534

[11] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 623

[12] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þanka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533

[13] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “taṅkw”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 294

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