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. to set in motion
2. to flow

Alternative reconstructions

• *dʰen-

Related terms

• *déh₂nu (“River goddess”)

Derived terms

• *dʰe-dʰónh₂-e (stative)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: τέθνᾰμεν (téthnamen, 1sg.pf.)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dadʰā́nHa
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dadʰā́nHa
      • Vedic Sanskrit: दधन्वाँस् (dadhanvā́m̐s-, “running”, ptc.)
• *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- (present)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰánwati
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰánwati
      • Sanskrit: धन्वति (dhánvati)
• *dʰonh₂-éye-ti (causative)
  • 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
  • >? Proto-Hellenic: *tʰnāiskō
    • Ancient Greek: θνῄσκω (thnḗiskō, “to die”), ἔθᾰνον (éthanon, aor.)
• *dʰónh₂-ti-s ~ *dʰn̥h₂-téy-s
  • Proto-Italic: *fontis
    • Latin: fōns (“fountain, (well)spring, source”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Sanskrit: दधन्ति (dadhanti)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dʰanH-
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰanH-
    • Sanskrit: धन् (√dhan)
• Proto-Tocharian: *tsän-
  • Tocharian A: tsno (“to flow”, pf.ptc.)
  • Tocharian A: tsnāntär (subjunctive)
  • Tocharian B: *tsnamo (“flowing”)