Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/tūrós

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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 *tuh₂-ró-s, from *tewh₂- (to swell),[1] from the same root as *tewH-k- (Lithuanian táukas (fat), Old English þēoh (thigh)), *tewH-m- (Latin tumeō, Old English þuma (thumb)), etc.

    Noun

    *tūrós m

    1. cheese

    Inflection

    O-stem, masc./fem.
    Nominative *tūrós
    Genitive *tūróyyo
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative *tūrós *tūrṓ *tūrói
    Vocative *tūré *tūrṓ *tūrói
    Accusative *tūrón *tūrṓ *tūróns
    Genitive *tūróyyo *tūróyyun *tūrṓn
    Dative *tūrṓi *tūróyyun *tūróis
    Locative *tūrói, -éi ? *tūróihi
    Instrumental *tūrṓ ? *tūrṓis

    Descendants

    • Ancient Greek: τῡρός (tūrós)
      • Byzantine Greek: τυρίν (turín)
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀶𐀫 (tu-ro /⁠tūrós⁠/)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τῡρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1520