Cognate Set 4163 – Meaning: pull

IE-CoR reference form:
*ten-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
*tens- [Proto-Indo-European] scale: 2
Justification:
Albanian and Indic lexemes derived from PIE *ten- 'to stretch' (LIV² 626-627, cf. Demiraj 1997:284-285, Orel 1998:283, Schumacher & Matzinger 2013:985, Turner 1962–1966:328 no. 5762, EWAia I:618-619).
Found in clades:
Albanian, Indic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 4 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
31   Nepali tānnu तान्नु t̪anːu
25   Bengali ṭānā টানা ʈana
24   Assamese ṭānā টানা ʈɑnɑ
20   Albanian: Arbëresh ndanj ˈndaɲ Note the semantic specialization and unclear lowering of the vowel compared to Std.Alb. ndej. Eventually contamination with ndan 'to seperate'.
References
  • Demiraj, Bardhyl: 284-285
    S.v. Alb. nde/j (t.) / ndẽj (g.) 'ziehen, spannen; ausstrecken, ausbreiten'; cf. secondary (dial. south Tosk, Arb. Gr./It.) ndë(n)j 'id.', intr. 'gehen nach, (um)ziehen nach' with dialectally restricted darkening of the root vowel. Generally connected with Greek τείνω via a -i̯o- stem formation *teni̯o-.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: I:618-619
    S.v. Ved. √tan-¹ 'spannen, dehnen, sich erstrecken, ausdehnen', from PIE *ten- (cf. Gk. τείνω 'spanne', Lat. tendō 'spanne', OHG den(n)en, NHG dehnen, etc.).
  • Orel, Vladimir: 283
    S.v. Alb. ndej ~ ndêj 'to stretch out, spread', continuing PAlb. en-tenja and related to Gk. τείνω 'to stretch', Skt. tanóti 'to expand', OHG denen 'to stretch' and other reflexes of IE *ten-.
  • Rix, Helmut: 626-627
    S.v. *ten- 'sich spannen, sich dehnen' (IEW 1065-6).
  • Schumacher, Stefan and Matzinger, Joachim: 985
    S.v. OAlb. nden 'ausbreiten, ausstrecken', originally early Albanian *ten-i̯e/o- (to *ten- 'sich spannen, sich dehnen', LIV² 626f.) with a preverb *an-. The basic stem formation is comparable to AGk. τείνω.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley: 328
    S.v. 5762 Skt. tānáyati 'makes stretch' Dhātup. [√tan].