Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/te

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

Pronoun

*te[1][2]

  1. enclitic accusative of *tú(h₂): thee

Reconstruction notes

In a few branches it is unclear whether this form survived independently or only a superficially identical reduction of *twé.

Derived terms

  • *te-ge
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *þek (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *te
  • Proto-Celtic: *te
    • Proto-Brythonic: *ti (leveled paradigm) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *té
    • Doric Greek: τέ (té)
  • Proto-Italic: *tē (length sporadic or influenced by other case forms; may be merged with *twé)
    • Latin: tē (merged with ablative singular) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 416–417
  2. ^ 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, pages 807-808
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