Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/gʷatiléus

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Multiple Indo-European etymologies have been advanced. Beekes considers it Pre-Greek in origin.[1]

Noun

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*gʷatiléus m

  1. chief
  2. king

Inflection

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Eus-noun, masc./fem.
Nominative *gʷatiléus
Genitive *gʷatilḗwos
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *gʷatiléus *gʷatilḗwe *gʷatilḗwes
Vocative *gʷatiléu *gʷatilḗwe *gʷatilḗwes
Accusative *gʷatilḗwə *gʷatilḗwe *gʷatilḗwəs
Genitive *gʷatilḗwos *gʷatilḗwoyyun *gʷatilḗwōn
Dative *gʷatilḗwei *gʷatilḗwoyyun *gʷatiléupʰi
Locative *gʷatilḗwi ? *gʷatiléuhi
Instrumental *gʷatilḗwē ? *gʷatiléupʰi

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βασιλεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203