Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęgъ

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 edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

*tęga

Etymology edit

From the root of *tęťi (“to pull”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ting-, *teng-, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-.

Noun edit

*tęgъ m

traction?
weight?

Inflection edit

Declension of *tęgъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tęgъ	*tęga	*tędzi
genitive	*tęga	*tęgu	*tęgъ
dative	*tęgu	*tęgoma	*tęgomъ
accusative	*tęgъ	*tęga	*tęgy
instrumental	tęgъmь, tęgomь^*	*tęgoma	*tęgy
locative	*tędzě	*tęgu	*tędzěxъ
vocative	*tęže	*tęga	*tędzi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: цяга f (cjaha)
- Russian: тя́га f (tjága)
- Ukrainian: тяг (tjah)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: тя̀га f (tjàga)
- Macedonian: тег (teg)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: те̑г
  
  Latin script: tȇg
- Slovene: tȇg (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: cąg
- Old Czech: těh, tah; tieh
  - Czech: tah
  - Knaanic: טֵיג (tég)
- Old Polish: ciąg
  - Masurian: czióng
  - Polish: ciąg
  - Silesian: ciōng
- Polabian: ťǫg
- Slovak: ťah
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: śěg
  
  Upper Sorbian: ćah