Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/téwe

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

Possibly originating as ablative "away from you", from *te +‎ *we.[1]

Pronoun

*téwe

  1. genitive singular of *tú(h₂)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Proto-Celtic: *towe (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *táwa
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *táwa
    • Proto-Iranian: *táwa
      • Avestan:
        Old Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁 (tauuā)
        Younger Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (tauua)
    • Proto-Tocharian: (or from *twé[2])
      • Tocharian A: cu
      • >? Tocharian B: ci

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 812
  2. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “tuwe”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN
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