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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *tén-ye-ti, the innovative ye-present of *ten- (stretch).[1]

Verb

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*téňňō

  1. to stretch

Inflection

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

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: τείνω (teínō)
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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, page 1450