Where does “tenegar” come from?

tenegar (Ido) comes from Ido tenar, from Esperanto teni, from French tenir, from Middle French tenir, from Old French tenir, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tenegar (Ido): to hold firmly

Definitions

  1. to hold firmly

Ancestry of “tenegar”, step by step

tenegar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ido tenar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idotenarto hold
2Esperantotenito hold, to keep
3Frenchtenirto have; to hold
4Middle Frenchtenirto hold
5Old Frenchtenirto possess; to have; to hold
6Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
7Proto-Italictenēōto hold
8Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

via Proto-Turkic eg-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkiceg-to bend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic tenēō →Every word from Latin teneō →