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Proto-Indo-European [ edit ]
Alternative reconstructions [ edit ]
*ǵḗnus , *ǵḗnus ~ *ǵénw- [1]
*ǵénus f [2] [3]
cheek
jaw
chin
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
Related terms [ edit ]
*ǵónh₂dʰ(h₁)os ~ *ǵn̥h₂dʰ(h₁)- ?
⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic:
Proto-Hellenic:
> ? Ancient Greek: γνάθος ( gnáthos ) (see there for further descendants )
Descendants [ edit ]
⇒ Proto-Armenian:
Old Armenian: *ծին-աւտ ( *cin-awt )
⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic:
Proto-Celtic: *genus (see there for further descendants )
⇒ Proto-Germanic: *kinnuz ( with geminate *nn of uncertain origin; perhaps < *ǵenw-ú-s ? ) (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Hellenic: *génus
Ancient Greek: γένυς ( génus )
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰánuš ( with unexplained aspiration of *ĵ ) (see there for further descendants )
⇒ Proto-Italic: *genā f
Latin: gena ( “ cheek(bone) ” ) (see there for further descendants )
⇒ Phrygian: ἀζήν ( azḗn , “ beard ” )
Proto-Tocharian: *ćänu
Tocharian A: śanwem du ( “ jaws ” )
References [ edit ]
^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[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)[2] , Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN