Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ter-

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

*ter-

  2. tender, weak
  4. young creature

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ter- (10 c, 0 e)
Unsorted formations
  • Albanian: trim
  • Armenian:
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tarnas
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: τέρυ (téru, “weak, small”), τέρην (térēn, “smooth, gentle”), τεράμων (terámōn, “becoming soft by boiling”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tárunas
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *tárunas
    • Proto-Iranian: *tárunah
      • Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬥𐬀 (tauruna, “the young of humans and animals”)
      • Middle Persian: [script needed] (tarōk, “young”), [script needed] (tōrūk, “young dog”)
      • Ossetian:
      • Persian: تر (tar, “wet”), توله (tôla, “whelp”), ترانه (tarâna, “a handsome youth”)
      • Sogdian: [script needed] (trn /⁠tarun⁠/, “tame, gentle”)
  • Italic:
    • Latin: (possibly) tardus
    • Latin: (possibly) tener
    • Latin: (possibly) termes
    • Sabine: terenum (“soft”)

References

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