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Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/téňňō

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tén-ye-ti, from *ten-.[1]

Verb

*téňňō

  1. to stretch

Inflection

This verb form replaces an older nu-present, still preserved in τανύω (tanúō).[1][2]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: τείνω (teínō)

References
  1. 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
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τάνυται”, 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 1450
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