Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénus

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *ǵḗnus ~ *ǵénw-

Noun

*ǵénus f

1. cheek
2. jaw
3. chin

Inflection

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

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: ծնաւտ (cnawt)
• Balto-Slavic:
  • Latvian: zods
  • Lithuanian: žándas (< *ǵonh₂dʰos)
  • Old Prussian: żauna
• Celtic: *genus (see there for further descendants)
• Germanic: *kinnuz (see there for further descendants)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: γένυς (génus), γνάθος (gnáthos) (< *ǵn̥h₂dʰ-)
• Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰánuš (unexplained aspiration of *ĵ) (see there for further descendants)
• Italic:
  • Latin: gena
• Phrygian: ἀζήν (azḗn)
• Tocharian:
  • Tocharian A: śanwem