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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵéwstus

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This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

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Etymology

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    From *ǵews- (to try, to taste) +‎ *-tus.

    Noun

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    *ǵéwstus m[1]

    1. taste

    Inflection

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    Athematic, proterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *ǵéwstus
    genitive *ǵustéws
    singular dual plural
    nominative *ǵéwstus *ǵéwstuh₁(e) *ǵéwstewes
    vocative *ǵéwstu *ǵéwstuh₁(e) *ǵéwstewes
    accusative *ǵéwstum *ǵéwstuh₁(e) *ǵéwstums
    genitive *ǵustéws *? *ǵustéwoHom
    ablative *ǵustéws *? *ǵustúmos, *ǵustúbʰos
    dative *ǵustéwey *? *ǵustúmos, *ǵustúbʰos
    locative *ǵustéw, *ǵustéwi *? *ǵustúsu
    instrumental *ǵustúh₁ *? *ǵustúmis, *ǵustúbʰis

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kustu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
    3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “gustus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276