< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tętiva

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Probably[1] from otherwise lost Proto-Balto-Slavic *témptei (“to pull”) + *-iva (whence Lithuanian tem̃pti (“to pull, to drag”), Latvian tìept (“to strain”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch”). Cognate with Lithuanian temptýva (“stretching”)[2], tìmpa (“sinew”), possibly Old Norse þǫmb (“bowstring”), Old Armenian թամբ (tʿamb, “saddle”) and further akin to Lithuanian tiñklas (“set”), Ancient Greek τένων (ténōn, “tendon”), New Latin tensor.

Noun

*tętivà f[1]

  1. sinew
    Synonym: *žila
  2. bowstring

Declension
Declension of *tętiva (hard a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *tętiva *tętivě *tętivy
Accusative *tętivǫ *tętivě *tętivy
Genitive *tętivy *tętivu *tętivъ
Locative *tętivě *tętivu *tętivasъ, *tętivaxъ*
Dative *tętivě *tętivama *tętivamъ
Instrumental *tętivojǫ, *tętivǫ** *tętivama *tętivami
Vocative *tętivo *tętivě *tętivy
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “tetiva”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *tętiva̋”
  2. Milleit, Leskien view it as a Slavic borrowing, later reanalyzed on the basis of native tempti. Endzelīns considers it a genuine cognate.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.