Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
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From *h₁wes- + *-us .
Adjective
*h₁wésus [ 1] [ 2]
good , excellent
Inflection
Athematic, proterokinetic
masculine
feminine
nominative
*h₁wésus
*h₁uséwih₂
genitive
*h₁uséws
*h₁usuyéh₂s
masculine
singular
dual
plural
nominative
*h₁wésus
*h₁wésuh₁(e)
*h₁wésewes
vocative
*h₁wésu
*h₁wésuh₁(e)
*h₁wésewes
accusative
*h₁wésum
*h₁wésuh₁(e)
*h₁wésums
genitive
*h₁uséws
*?
*h₁uséwoHom
ablative
*h₁uséws
*?
*h₁usúmos
dative
*h₁uséwey
*?
*h₁usúmos
locative
*h₁uséw , *h₁uséwi
*?
*h₁usúsu
instrumental
*h₁usúh₁
*?
*h₁usúmis
feminine
singular
dual
plural
nominative
*h₁uséwih₂
*h₁uséwih₂h₁(e)
*h₁uséwih₂es
vocative
*h₁uséwih₂
*h₁uséwih₂h₁(e)
*h₁uséwih₂es
accusative
*h₁uséwih₂m̥
*h₁uséwih₂h₁(e)
*h₁uséwih₂m̥s
genitive
*h₁usuyéh₂s
*?
*h₁usuyéh₂oHom
ablative
*h₁usuyéh₂s
*?
*h₁usuyéh₂mos
dative
*h₁usuyéh₂ey
*?
*h₁usuyéh₂mos
locative
*h₁usuyéh₂ , *h₁usuyéh₂i
*?
*h₁usuyéh₂su
instrumental
*h₁usuyéh₂h₁
*?
*h₁usuyéh₂mis
neuter
singular
dual
plural
nominative
*h₁wésu
*h₁wéswih₁
*h₁wésuh₂
vocative
*h₁wésu
*h₁wéswih₁
*h₁wésuh₂
accusative
*h₁wésu
*h₁wéswih₁
*h₁wésuh₂
genitive
*h₁uséws
*?
*h₁uséwoHom
ablative
*h₁uséws
*?
*h₁usúmos
dative
*h₁uséwey
*?
*h₁usúmos
locative
*h₁uséw , *h₁uséwi
*?
*h₁usúsu
instrumental
*h₁usúh₁
*?
*h₁usúmis
Descendants
Proto-Celtic: *wesus [ 3]
Old Irish: feib
Gaulish: *wesus ( in personal names )
Gallaecian: *wesu- ( in personal names )
Proto-Germanic: *wesuz
Proto-Hellenic: *ewéhus
Illyrian: *ves ( in personal names )
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwásuš (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Tocharian: *wesū [ 1]
See also
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959 ) “u̯ē̆su- ”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary ] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1174-1175
^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008 ) “h₁u̯es-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon ] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 686-690
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) “*wesu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill , →ISBN , page 418