Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/téňňō

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *tén-ye-ti, from *ten-.[1]

Verb[edit]

*téňňō

  1. to stretch

Inflection[edit]

This verb form replaces an older nu-present, still preserved in τανύω (tanúō).[1][2]

Descendants[edit]

  • Ancient Greek: τείνω (teínō)

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 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
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τάνυται”, 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, page 1450