Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-trom
Proto-Indo-European
Alternative forms
*-dʰlom (occuring with roots ending in *-h₁ or *-h₂. See e.g. fābula from root *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”)), *-dʰrom, *-tlom
Etymology
Thematicized from the zero-grade of *-tḗr.
Originally the neuter gender of some adjective *-tros meaning "of the doer, of doing". Of note is the similar development later exercised by daughter languages (e.g. Latin -tor > -tōrius (“of the doer, of doing”) > -tōrium (“thing/ place of the doer”)).
Suffix
*(é)-trom n
- Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
Inflection
Thematic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *(é)-trom | ||
genitive | *(é)-trosyo | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
vocative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
accusative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
genitive | *(é)-trosyo | *? | *(é)-troHom |
ablative | *(é)-tread | *? | *(é)-tromos |
dative | *(é)-troey | *? | *(é)-tromos |
locative | *(é)-trey, *(é)-troy | *? | *(é)-troysu |
instrumental | *(é)-troh₁ | *? | *(é)-trōys |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Celtic:
- Welsh: -dr
- Old Irish: -thar
- Proto-Germanic: *-þrą
- Proto-Hellenic: *-tron
- Ancient Greek: -τρον (-tron)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-tra
- Proto-Italic: *-trom
- Latin: -trum
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61
- OLSEN (1989)