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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tónos

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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

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Etymology

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From *ten- (stretch, extend) +‎ *-os.

Noun

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*tónos m (non-ablauting)[1][2][3][4]

  1. something stretched
  2. chord, fiber, string

Inflection

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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

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  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tánas
  • Proto-Hellenic: *tónos (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tā́nas

References

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  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
  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
  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