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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
[edit]Root
[edit]*tew-[1]
- to swell in size, to become fat
- to swell in numbers, to multiply
- to swell in might, to become strong, strengthen
Derived terms
[edit]- *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
[edit]- ^ 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