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]

to think
to perceive

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teng- (think) (8 c, 0 e)

*tn̥g-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)^[3]
- 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: *tongēō
  - Latin: tongeō (“to know”)
*tóng-os^[4]
- Proto-Germanic: *þankaz (“thought, remembrance, gratitude”) (see there for further descendants)
*téng-wr̥ ~ *tn̥g-wén-
- Proto-Tocharian: *täṅkwä (“love”)^[5]
  - 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
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þankjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 533-534
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þanka-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], 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), “2.*teng-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 629

[2] 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

[3] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þankjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 533-534

[4] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þanka-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 533

[5] 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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