Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-dʰlom

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

Alternative forms

• *-dʰrom, *-tlom, *-trom

Suffix

*-dʰlom n

1. Alternative form of *-trom

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*-dʰlom
genitive	*-dʰlosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-dʰlom	*-dʰloy(h₁)	*-dʰleh₂
vocative	*-dʰlom	*-dʰloy(h₁)	*-dʰleh₂
accusative	*-dʰlom	*-dʰloy(h₁)	*-dʰleh₂
genitive	*-dʰlosyo	*?	*-dʰloHom
ablative	*-dʰlead	*?	*-dʰlomos
dative	*-dʰloey	*?	*-dʰlomos
locative	*-dʰley, *-dʰloy	*?	*-dʰloysu
instrumental	*-dʰloh₁	*?	*-dʰlōys

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-European nouns suffixed with *-dʰlom not found

• *-dʰlis
  • Proto-Italic: *-ðlis
    • Latin: -bilis (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-dla < *-dʰlom or *-tlom
  • Proto-Slavic: *-dlo (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *-ilaz (merged with *-tlóm) (see there for further descendants)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: -θλον (-thlon)
  • Ancient Greek: -θλη (-thlē)
• Italic:
  • Latin: -bulum (by anaptyxis) (see there for further descendants)
  • Latin: -bula (by anaptyxis) (see there for further descendants)
  • Latin: -ula (when compounded as *-gdʰl-)