Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tewk-

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

Compare *tewh₂- (“to swell, crowd, be strong”). Possibly analyzed as *tewh₂-k- or *tewH-k-, though the evidence is unclear. Superficially similar to *(s)tewk- (“to strike, hit”) but unclear whether semantically related.

Root

*tewk-

1. germ, seed, sprout, offspring

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewk- (4 c, 0 e)

• *túk
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *túk, *túč
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *túk, *túć
      • Sanskrit: तुक् (túk, “boy”), तुच् (túc, “offspring, children (only attested in RV dat. fem. तुचे (tucé))”)
• *tewk-ós
  • Proto-Germanic: *þeuhą (“thigh”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tauˀkás
    • Latgalian: tauks
    • Lithuanian: taukaĩ pl
    • Latvian: tàuki pl
    • Old Prussian: taukis
    • Proto-Slavic: *tȗkъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tawkás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tawkás
      • Sanskrit: तोक (toká, “offspring, including of animals”)
    • Ossetian: тог (tog, “blood”) (Digoron)
    • Ossetian: туг (tug, “blood”) (Iron)
• *téwk-mos
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *táwkmas
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *táwkmas
      • Sanskrit: तोक्म (tókma, “a young shoot, offspring”)
• *téwk-mn̥
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *táwkma (see there for further descendants)
• *tewk-tḗr
  • Proto-Germanic: *þeuhtēr (“descendant”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Latgalian: tyukt' (“to plump, to swell”)
  • Latgalian: tuklys (“portly, fat, plumpy”)
  • Latgalian: tyucis (“cloud, crowd”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *tuknā (< *tuk-mn̥) (possibly)
    • Old Irish: tón (“anus”)
      • Scottish Gaelic: tòin (“anus, arse”)
      • Irish: tóin (“anus, buttocks”)
  • Proto-Celtic: ? / Proto-Italic: ?
    • →? Latin: tucca (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Latin: tūcētum, tuccētum (see there for further descendants)
      • →? Umbrian: toco