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

Etymology

    From the root of *tęťi (“to pull”),[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ting-, *teng-, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ-.

    Noun

    *tęgъ m[1]

    1. traction?
    2. weight?

    Inflection

    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.

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *tęga

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: цяга f (cjaha)
      • Russian: тя́га f (tjága)
      • Ukrainian: тяг (tjah) (rare, archaic)
    • South Slavic:
    • West Slavic:
      • Kashubian: cąg
      • Old Czech: těh, tah, tieh (later)
      • Old Polish: ciąg
      • Polabian: ťǫg
      • Slovak: ťah
      • Sorbian:
        Lower Sorbian: śěg
        Upper Sorbian: ćah

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tęgъ; *tęga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 493

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тя́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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