Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱe
Proto-Indo-European
Particle
*ḱi- ~ *ḱe- ~ *ḱo- or *-ḱe
Usage notes
The particle in Proto-Indo-European was indeclinable. Some daughter languages, particularly Balto-Slavic, Germanic and Armenian added pronominal inflection later, as also occurred with particles *de, *h₁ew, and *gʰe.
Derived terms
- *ḱinh₂?
- *ḱíteros (contrastive form)
- *ḱis (innovative i-stem pronoun)
- *ḱos (innovative o-stem pronoun)
- (possibly) *ḱom
- *ḱi-h₂eh₃mr-
- *h₁é-ḱey-h₁(e)nos (formed with the augment *h₁é and pronoun *h₁enos)
- *ḱye-sd-
Descendants
- Proto-Italic: *-ke, *ke-