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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰenh₂-

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

*dʰenh₂-[1]

  1. to set in motion
  2. to flow

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms
  • *dʰe-dʰónh₂-e (stative)[1]
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dadʰā́nHa
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dadʰā́nHa
        • Vedic Sanskrit: दधन्वाँस् (dadhanvā́m̐s-, “running”, ptc.)
  • *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- (present)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰánwati
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰánwati
        • Sanskrit: धन्वति (dhánvati)
  • *dʰonh₂-éye-ti (causative)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰánayati
      • Proto-Iranian: *dánayati
        • Persian: دنیدن (danidan, “to hasten, run”)
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Vedic Sanskrit: धनयति (dhanáyati, “to set in motion”)
  • *dʰonh₂-i-s
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *daniz (“Dane”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *dʰónh₂-o-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰánHas
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰánHas
        • Sanskrit: धन (dhána, “competition, contest, strife; prize”)
  • *dʰn̥h₂-(i)-sḱé-ti[1]
  • *dʰónh₂-ti-s ~ *dʰn̥h₂-téy-s[3]
    • >? Proto-Italic: *fonts
      • Latin: fōns (“fountain, (well)spring, source”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:

Descendants
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰanH-
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰanH-
  • Proto-Tocharian: *tsän-[2]
    • Tocharian A: tsno (“to flow”, pf.ptc.)
    • Tocharian A: tsnāntär (subjunctive)
    • Tocharian B: *tsnamo (“flowing”)

References
  1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*dʰenh₂-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 144–145
  2. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “tsnamo*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 813: “*dʰen- ‘run, flow’”
  3. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fōns, fontis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 230–231
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