Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tégus

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 *teg- (“to cover”) +‎ *-us (Caland system suffix).

Adjective

*tégus

1. thick

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*tégus	*tgéwih₂
genitive	*tgéws	*tguyéh₂s
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tégus	*téguh₁(e)	*tégewes
vocative	*tégu	*téguh₁(e)	*tégewes
accusative	*tégum	*téguh₁(e)	*tégums
genitive	*tgéws	*?	*tgéwoHom
ablative	*tgéws	*?	*tgúmos, *tgúbʰos
dative	*tgéwey	*?	*tgúmos, *tgúbʰos
locative	*tgéw, *tgéwi	*?	*tgúsu
instrumental	*tgúh₁	*?	*tgúmis, *tgúbʰis
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tgéwih₂	*tgéwih₂h₁(e)	*tgéwih₂es
vocative	*tgéwih₂	*tgéwih₂h₁(e)	*tgéwih₂es
accusative	*tgéwih₂m̥	*tgéwih₂h₁(e)	*tgéwih₂m̥s
genitive	*tguyéh₂s	*?	*tguyéh₂oHom
ablative	*tguyéh₂s	*?	*tguyéh₂mos, *tguyéh₂bʰos
dative	*tguyéh₂ey	*?	*tguyéh₂mos, *tguyéh₂bʰos
locative	*tguyéh₂, *tguyéh₂i	*?	*tguyéh₂su
instrumental	*tguyéh₂h₁	*?	*tguyéh₂mis, *tguyéh₂bʰis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tégu	*tégwih₁	*téguh₂
vocative	*tégu	*tégwih₁	*téguh₂
accusative	*tégu	*tégwih₁	*téguh₂
genitive	*tgéws	*?	*tgéwoHom
ablative	*tgéws	*?	*tgúmos, *tgúbʰos
dative	*tgéwey	*?	*tgúmos, *tgúbʰos
locative	*tgéw, *tgéwi	*?	*tgúsu
instrumental	*tgúh₁	*?	*tgúmis, *tgúbʰis

Descendants

• Proto-Celtic: *tegus (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *þekuz (see there for further descendants)