Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/te(H)k-

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

Root

*tek- or *teHk-[1]

  1. to be silent

Alternative reconstructions

  • *tak-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *te(H)k- (4 c, 0 e)
  • *t(H)k-éh₁(ye)-ti (stative)[1]
    • Proto-Germanic: *þagāną (alternatively *þagjaną, from a ye-stem *tHk-ye-ti or *t(o)k-yé-ti) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *takēō
  • *tHk-néh₂-ti (neh₂-causative)[2] or *tok-néh₂-ti

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þagēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þaggōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 531