Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęgъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tęga

Etymology

From the root of *tęťi (to pull), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ting-, *teng-, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-.

Noun

*tęgъ m

  1. traction?
  2. weight?

Inflection

Declension of *tęgъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *tęgъ *tęga *tędzi
genitive *tęga *tęgu *tęgъ
dative *tęgu *tęgoma *tęgomъ
accusative *tęgъ *tęga *tęgy
instrumental *tęgъmь, *tęgomь* *tęgoma *tęgy
locative *tędzě *tęgu *tędzěxъ
vocative *tęže *tęga *tędzi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: цяга f (cjaha)
    • Russian: тя́га f (tjága)
    • Ukrainian: тяг (tjah)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: cąg
    • Old Czech: těh, tah, tieh (later)
    • Old Polish: ciąg
    • Polabian: ťǫg
    • Slovak: ťah
    • Sorbian:
      Lower Sorbian: śěg
      Upper Sorbian: ćah

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тя́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress