Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tewH-

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

    Root

    *tewH-

    1. to look on favorably[1]
    2. to protect
    3. to observe

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *tew-

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewH- (2 c, 0 e)
    • Proto-Italic: *toweōr
      • Latin: tueor (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *towto- (“left, north”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *þiudijaz (“kind, good, friendly”)
    • >? Proto-Anatolian:
      • Luwian: *tāwa/i (“eye”)[2]
    • >? Proto-Indo-European: *tews- (see there for further descendants)[2]

    References

    1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 336
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 337
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