Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ih₂

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

Etymology

From *-h₂.

Suffix

*(é)-ih₂ f

1. Feminizes athematic nominal stems.

Inflection

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
dative	*(Ø)-yéh₂ey	*?	*(Ø)-yéh₂mos
locative	*(Ø)-yéh₂, *(Ø)-yéh₂i	*?	*(Ø)-yéh₂su
instrumental	*(Ø)-yéh₂h₁	*?	*(Ø)-yéh₂mis

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-ih₂

• *-tr-ih₂
• *-w-ih₂

Related terms

• *-éh₂

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *-jā
  • Albanian: -e
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-īˀ
  • Proto-Slavic: *-i
  • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *-ica
• Proto-Celtic: *-ī
• Proto-Germanic: *-ī/*-jō
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-iH
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-iH
    • Sanskrit: -ई (-ī)
  • Proto-Iranian: *-iH
    • Avestan: -𐬍 (-ī) (e.g. 𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬍 (aŋᵛhī, “lady”) is a feminine form of 𐬀𐬵𐬎 (ahu, “lord”))
• Proto-Tocharian: *-ā
  • Tocharian A: -ā
  • Tocharian B: -ā, -a
• Proto-Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: -ιᾰ (-ia), -σσᾰ (-ssa), -ττᾰ (-tta), -V̄ρᾰ (-V̄ra), -ινᾰ (-ina), -ιρᾰ (-ira), -ζᾰ (-za)

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350