Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénus
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This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-European[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Noun[edit]
Inflection[edit]
| Athematic, amphikinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *ǵénus | ||
| genitive | *ǵn̥wés | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ǵénus | *ǵénuh₁(e) | *ǵénewes |
| vocative | *ǵénu | *ǵénuh₁(e) | *ǵénewes |
| accusative | *ǵénum | *ǵénuh₁(e) | *ǵénums |
| genitive | *ǵn̥wés | *? | *ǵn̥wóHom |
| ablative | *ǵn̥wés | *? | *ǵnumós |
| dative | *ǵn̥wéy | *? | *ǵnumós |
| locative | *ǵnéw, *ǵnéwi | *? | *ǵnusú |
| instrumental | *ǵn̥wéh₁ | *? | *ǵnubʰí |
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: ծնաւտ (cnawt)
- Balto-Slavic:
- Celtic: *genus (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *kinnuz (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
- Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰánuš (unexplained aspiration of *ĵ) (see there for further descendants)
- Italic:
- Latin: gena
- Phrygian: ἀζήν (azḗn)
- Tocharian:
- Tocharian A: śanwem
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
