Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tónos

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- (“stretch, extend”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*tónos m (non-ablauting)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

something stretched
chord, fiber, string

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*tónos
genitive	*tónosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tónos	*tónoh₁	*tónoes
vocative	*tóne	*tónoh₁	*tónoes
accusative	*tónom	*tónoh₁	*tónoms
genitive	*tónosyo	*?	*tónoHom
ablative	*tónead	*?	tónomos, tónobʰos
dative	*tónoey	*?	tónomos, tónobʰos
locative	tóney, tónoy	*?	*tónoysu
instrumental	*tónoh₁	*?	*tónōys

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tánas
- Lithuanian: tãnas
Proto-Hellenic: *tónos (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tā́nas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tā́nas
  - Sanskrit: तान (tā́na)
- Proto-Iranian: *tā́nah
  - Ossetian:
    Digor: тӕнӕ (tænæ)
    
    Iron: тӕн (tæn)

References

^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 690-694
^ 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
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
^ Abajev, V. I. (1979) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 262, 301–303

[LIN_*ten--1] Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 690-694

[Beekes_τείνω-2] 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

[3] Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458

[Abaev-4] Abajev, V. I. (1979) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 262, 301–303

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