Cognate Set 4971 – Meaning: pull

IE-CoR reference form:
*tens-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Proposed as cognate to:
*ten- [Proto-Indo-European] scale: 2
Justification:
Old Prussian tiēnstwei (inf.) may be derived from PIE *tens- 'to pull' (LIV² 629, cf. Smoczyński 2005:366-367, Derksen 2015:464, ALEW 1095). This root could well be secondary neo-root abstracted from a desiderative formation to *ten- 'to pull' already in PIE (cf. LIV² 629).
Found in clades:
Baltic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 1 lexeme.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
77   Old Prussian tiēnstwei
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 464
    S.v. Lith. tę̃sti 'continue, proceed, stretch, extend' (OPruss. tiẽnstwei 'provoke'), from PIE *tens- (cf. Skt. taṃs- 'shake, move to and fro, tug', Goth. atϸinsan 'draw to oneself').
  • Hock, Wolfgang and Fecht, Rainer and Feulner, Anna Helene and Hill, Eugen and Wodtko, Dagmar S.: 1095
    S.v. OLith. tę̃sti 'dehnen, spannen, ziehen' (BSl. OPr. tiēnstwei 'reizen'), from PIE *tens- 'ziehen' (cf. Ved. tam̆̇s- 'schütteln', hin und her bewegen, zerren', Goth. atþinsan 'heranziehen', OHG dinsan 'ziehen, schleppen').
  • Kroonen, Guus: 543-544
    S.v. Proto-Germanic *ϸinsan- 'to stretch', from PIE *téns-e-. The root may be an s-extended form of a more primary PIE root *ten- 'stretch'.
  • Rix, Helmut: 629
    S.v. *tens- 'ziehen' (IEW 1068-9). LIV points out that the root *tens- could originate from the desiderative of *ten- 'wanting to stretch'. If this was the case, *tens- was perceived as an independent neo-root already in Late PIE.