Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tęgъ

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

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

Noun

*tęgъ m

  1. traction?
  2. weight?

Inflection

Descendants

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