Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wek(ʷ)speros
Proto-Indo-European
Alternative reconstructions
- *we(s)kʷeros[1]
Etymology
Possibly a compound of the unknown element *we- and the zero-grade of the noun *kʷsep- (“night”). The first element has been connected with Latin vē- in vē-sanus (“mad”), this is rejected by De Vaan. The original meaning could have been "(stretching) towards the night".
Noun
*wek(ʷ)speros m (non-ablauting)
Inflection
Thematic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *wek(ʷ)speros | ||
genitive | *wek(ʷ)sperosyo | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wek(ʷ)speros | *wek(ʷ)speroh₁ | *wek(ʷ)speroes |
vocative | *wek(ʷ)spere | *wek(ʷ)speroh₁ | *wek(ʷ)speroes |
accusative | *wek(ʷ)sperom | *wek(ʷ)speroh₁ | *wek(ʷ)speroms |
genitive | *wek(ʷ)sperosyo | *? | *wek(ʷ)speroHom |
ablative | *wek(ʷ)speread | *? | *wek(ʷ)speromos |
dative | *wek(ʷ)speroey | *? | *wek(ʷ)speromos |
locative | *wek(ʷ)sperey, *wek(ʷ)speroy | *? | *wek(ʷ)speroysu |
instrumental | *wek(ʷ)speroh₁ | *? | *wek(ʷ)sperōys |
Descendants
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: գիշեր (gišer)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wékeras (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *ewxseros (< *weks(ɸ)eros)
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- Proto-Germanic: *westraz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *wésperos
- Ancient Greek: ἕσπερος (hésperos)
- Proto-Italic: *wesperos
- Latin: vesper
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 470f
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 184
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 670
- ^ Nikolajev, S. L. (2012) “Vostočnoslavjanskije refleksy akcentnoj paradigmy d i indojevropejskije sootvetstvija slavjanskim akcentnym tipam suščestvitelʹnyx mužskovo roda s o- i u-osnovami*”, in Karpato-balkanskij dialektnyj landšaft: Jazyk i kulʹtura[1] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 161