Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/tétəmai

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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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tetóne, from Proto-Indo-European *ten-.[1]

Verb

*tétəmai

  1. to be stretched, extended

Inflection

This verb form has a perfect mediopassive paradigm.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: τέτᾰμαι (tétamai)

References

  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, page 1457