Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/téntis

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

Etymology

From *ten- (“extend, stretch”) +‎ *-tis (abstract or action suffix).

Noun

*téntis f^[1]^[2]

extension

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*téntis
genitive	*tn̥téys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*téntis	*téntih₁(e)	*ténteyes
vocative	*ténti	*téntih₁(e)	*ténteyes
accusative	*téntim	*téntih₁(e)	*téntims
genitive	*tn̥téys	*?	*tn̥téyoHom
ablative	*tn̥téys	*?	tn̥tímos, tn̥tíbʰos
dative	*tn̥téyey	*?	tn̥tímos, tn̥tíbʰos
locative	tn̥téy, tn̥tḗy	*?	*tn̥tísu
instrumental	*tn̥tíh₁	*?	tn̥tímis, tn̥tíbʰis

Descendants

(perhaps) Germanic: *þundiz, *þindiz
- Old Norse: þund, þind
Proto-Hellenic: *tə́tis
- Ancient Greek: τᾰ́σις (tắsis)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tántiš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tántiṣ
  - Sanskrit: तति (tati, “sacrificial act, ceremony”), तन्ति (tantí)
(perhaps) Tocharian:
- Tocharian B: tant

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 626-627
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “tant*”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

[LIV_*ten--1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 626-627

[2] Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “tant*”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

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