Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/téwe

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

Etymology

Possibly originating as ablative "away from you", from *te +‎ *we.^[1]

Pronoun

*téwe

genitive singular of *tú(h₂)

Derived terms

*tew-ó-s (thematicized) (or vriddhi derivative of *tú(h₂))

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *teve^[2]
- Lithuanian: tavè (accusative), ⇒ tavęs (genitive)
- Proto-Slavic: *tebe (with *-b- from dative *tebě)
Proto-Celtic: *towe (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *táwa
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *táwa
  - Sanskrit: तव (táva)
- Proto-Iranian: *táwa
  - Avestan:
    Old Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁 (tauuā)
    Younger Avestan: 𐬙𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (tauua)
  - Ossetian: дӕу (dæw)
  - Parthian: [Term?] (/⁠tō⁠/)
  - Middle Persian: [Term?] (/⁠tō⁠/)
  - Yaghnobi: taw
Proto-Tocharian: (or from *twé^[3])
- Tocharian A: cu
- >? Tocharian B: ci

References

^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 812
^ Darden, Bill J. (2017–2018), “Chapter XVIII: Balto-Slavic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § Balto-Slavic morphology, page 1993
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (1999), “tuwe”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

[1] Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 812

[2] Darden, Bill J. (2017–2018), “Chapter XVIII: Balto-Slavic”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § Balto-Slavic morphology, page 1993

[Adams-3] Adams, Douglas Q. (1999), “tuwe”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

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