Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ónts

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

Suffix

*(Ø)-ónts m

1. Derives nouns denoting body parts.

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*(Ø)-ónts
genitive	*(Ø)-n̥tés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-ónts	*(Ø)-ónth₁(e)	*(Ø)-óntes
vocative	*(Ø)-ónt	*(Ø)-ónth₁(e)	*(Ø)-óntes
accusative	*(Ø)-óntm̥	*(Ø)-ónth₁(e)	*(Ø)-óntm̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-n̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-n̥tóHom
ablative	*(Ø)-n̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-n̥tmós, *(Ø)-n̥tbʰós
dative	*(Ø)-n̥téy	*?	*(Ø)-n̥tmós, *(Ø)-n̥tbʰós
locative	*(Ø)-ént, *(Ø)-énti	*?	*(Ø)-n̥tsú
instrumental	*(Ø)-n̥téh₁	*?	*(Ø)-n̥tmís, *(Ø)-n̥tbʰís

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-ónts

• *h₁h₃s-ónts
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Luwian: [script needed] (āašant-, “mouth”)
• *m̥h₂-n̥t-éh₂
  • Proto-Germanic: *mundō (“hand”) (see there for further descendants)
• *pl̥h₂-n̥t-éh₂
  • Proto-Italic: *plantā (“sole of the foot”)
    • Latin: planta (see there for further descendants)
• *(s)r̥h₂w-ónts (compare Ancient Greek ὀρύα (orúa, “intestine”))
  • (perhaps) Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: արգանդ (argand, “womb”)
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (šarḫuwant-, “belly”)
• *sth₃-mn̥-ónts (compare Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”))
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Luwian: [script needed] n (tummant-, “ear”)
• *wr̥h₁ǵ-ónts
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (wa-ar-kán-t-, “fat”)

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic: *-atos
  • ⇒ Proto-Hellenic: *gónwatos (< *gonwós (compare γουνός (gounós)) < *ǵonwós)
    • Ancient Greek: γόνατος (gónatos, “knee”)
      • Greek: γόνατο (gónato)
  • ⇒ Proto-Hellenic: *krāhatos (< *krās (compare κράς (krás)) < *ḱr̥h₂s)
    • Ancient Greek: κρᾱ́ατος (krā́atos), κρᾱτός (krātós, “shank”)
• Proto-Celtic: *-ants m, *-antā f, *-antī f
  • ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *abrants (“eye-lid”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *brāgants (“neck, throat”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *dowsantā (“arm”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *slēxsantī (“thigh”)
• Proto-Germanic: *-undaz m, *-undō f, *-undą n
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *harundą (“flesh”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *waisundaz (“windpipe”)

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 196–197
• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN