Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tenh₂-

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 an extended form of *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

Root

*tenh₂- (perfective)^[1]

to stretch, to extend

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tenh₂- (11 c, 0 e)

*tn̥h₁-yé-tor (passive)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tāHyátay
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tāHyátay
    - Sanskrit: तायते (tāyáte)
*ténh₂-mn̥ ~ *tenh₂-món-^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tánHmā
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tánHmā
    - Sanskrit: तनिमन् (tániman, “shallowness, weakness”)
*ténh₂-us (see there for further descendants)
*ud-tn̥h₂-nós^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *utˢtaHnás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uttaHnás
    - Sanskrit: उत्तान (uttāná)
  - Proto-Iranian: *ustaHnáh
    - Avestan: 𐬎𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀 (ustāna)
  - ⇒ Proto-Indo-Iranian: *utˢtaHnáȷ́ʰastas (“with hands outstretched”)
    - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *uttaHnáźʰastas
      - Sanskrit: उत्तानहस्त (uttānáhasta)
    - Proto-Iranian: *ustaHnájástah
      - Avestan: 𐬎𐬯𐬙𐬁𐬥𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀 (ustānazasta)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 694-698

[LIN-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 694-698

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