Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/teḱ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tek-

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

*teḱ- (perfective)[1][2][3]

to sire, beget

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teḱ-‎ (7 c, 0 e)

*téḱ-t (perfective)
- Proto-Hellenic: *tékon
  - Ancient Greek: τέκον (tékon), ἔτεκον (étekon)
*té-tḱ-ti (“to create, produce, cut, hew”, reduplicated athematic)
*te-tóḱ-e (stative)
- Proto-Hellenic: *tétoka
  - Ancient Greek: τέτοκα (tétoka)
*tí-tḱ-e-ti (i-reduplicated thematic)
- Proto-Hellenic: *tíktō
  - Ancient Greek: τίκτω (tíktō)
*tḱ-éy-ti (“to settle, live, dwell, cultivate”, *éy-present)
*téḱ-no-m
- Proto-Hellenic: *téknon
  - Ancient Greek: τέκνον (téknon)
*tóḱ-o-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *tókos
  - Ancient Greek: τόκος (tókos), τοκεύς (tokeús)
*téḱ-os ~ *téḱ-es-
- Proto-Hellenic: *tékos
  - Ancient Greek: τέκος (tékos)
*tḱ-tis
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tíśtis
  - Proto-Slavic: *tь̏stь (see there for further descendants)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “tek-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1057
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “tek̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 618
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τίκτω”, 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 1484