Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tn̥néh₂

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 *ten- (“to extend, stretch”) +‎ *-néh₂.

Noun

*tn̥néh₂ f (non-ablauting)

1. a stretch

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	singular
nominative	*tń̥neh₂
genitive	*tń̥neh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tń̥neh₂	*tń̥neh₂h₁(e)	*tń̥neh₂es
vocative	*tń̥neh₂	*tń̥neh₂h₁(e)	*tń̥neh₂es
accusative	*tń̥nām	*tń̥neh₂h₁(e)	*tń̥neh₂m̥s
genitive	*tń̥neh₂s	*?	*tń̥neh₂oHom
ablative	*tń̥neh₂s	*?	*tń̥neh₂mos, *tń̥neh₂bʰos
dative	*tń̥neh₂ey	*?	*tń̥neh₂mos, *tń̥neh₂bʰos
locative	*tń̥neh₂, *tń̥neh₂i	*?	*tń̥neh₂su
instrumental	*tń̥neh₂h₁	*?	*tń̥neh₂mis, *tń̥neh₂bʰis

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Latvian: tina
• Proto-Celtic: *tanā (“time”)
  • Proto-Brythonic: *tan
    • Old Breton: tan, dan
    • Middle Cornish: tan
      • Cornish: tann, yn-dann
    • Middle Welsh: tan
      • Welsh: tan
  • Old Irish: tan
• Proto-Germanic: *þunō (“springe; tenter, stretcher”)
  • Old High German: dona
    • German: Dohne
  • Old Norse: þǫn
    • Old Gutnish: þan
    • Old Swedish: þan
      • Swedish: tana
    • Norwegian: tan