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This 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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Root

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*tew-[1]

  1. to swell in size, to become fat
  2. to swell in numbers, to multiply
  3. to swell in might, to become strong, strengthen

Derived terms

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  • *tḗw-s ~ *téw-s
    • *téws-mn̥ ~ *tus-méns

MIr. tuaimm (n. n-stem) ‘mound, hill’ (but the meaning is uncertain; DIL T-335), NIr. túaim (f.) ‘tumulus’, MW. ystum (m., f.) ‘gesture, sign, posture; position, form, shape’, B. stumm ‘aspect, form, mannner’

  • *tew-h₂- (see there for further descendants)
  • *tew-k- (see there for further descendants)
  • *tew-m- (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “tēu-, təu-, teu̯ə-, tu̯ō-, tū̆-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1080