Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/telkʷ-

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

*telkʷ-[1][2]

  1. to talk

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telkʷ- (5 c, 0 e)
  • *tlokʷ-[2]
    • Proto-Celtic: *tlokʷīti
      • Old Irish: tluchedar
  • *tlokʷ-e-tor[1][2]
    • Proto-Italic: *tlokʷōr (see there for further descendants)
  • *tl̥kʷ-os[2]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tarkás (possibly) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
  • Sanskrit: तर्कुक (tarkuka, supplicant, petitioner)
  • Sanskrit: तर्क्यते (tarkyate) parallel to Latin 3rd conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “loquor, loquī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 348-349
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*tlokʷ-ī-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 380-381