Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ih₂
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *-is (i-stem suffix) + *-h₂ (neuter plural suffix).
Suffix
[edit]*(é)-ih₂ f
- Feminizes athematic nominal stems.
Usage notes
[edit]This type of feminine noun is known as the दे॒वी (devī́) type in Indo-Europeanist literature.
Inflection
[edit]| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *(é)-ih₂ | ||
| genitive | *(Ø)-yéh₂s | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *(é)-ih₂ | *(é)-ih₂h₁(e) | *(é)-ih₂es |
| vocative | *(é)-ih₂ | *(é)-ih₂h₁(e) | *(é)-ih₂es |
| accusative | *(é)-ih₂m̥ | *(é)-ih₂h₁(e) | *(é)-ih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *(Ø)-yéh₂s | *? | *(Ø)-yéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *(Ø)-yéh₂s | *? | *(Ø)-yéh₂mos, *(Ø)-yéh₂bʰos |
| dative | *(Ø)-yéh₂ey | *? | *(Ø)-yéh₂mos, *(Ø)-yéh₂bʰos |
| locative | *(Ø)-yéh₂, *(Ø)-yéh₂i | *? | *(Ø)-yéh₂su |
| instrumental | *(Ø)-yéh₂h₁ | *? | *(Ø)-yéh₂mis, *(Ø)-yéh₂bʰis |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Albanian: *-jā
- Albanian: -e
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-īˀ
- Proto-Celtic: *-ī
- Proto-Germanic: *-ī/*-jō
- Proto-Graeco-Phrygian: *-(i)ya
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-iH
- Proto-Tocharian: *-ā
References
[edit]- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350