Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-r
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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]Alternative forms
[edit]- *-er (full-grade)
Suffix
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]The zero grade *-r is generally added after vowels, with the full-grade *-er being added after consonants.
Extensions
[edit]- *er-i (with extra locative ending)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Germanic: *-r
References
[edit]- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), “*-r, *-er”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems][1] (in German), volume 1: Einleitung, Terminologie, Lautgesetze, Adverbialendungen, Nominalsuffixe, Anhänge und Indices, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 162-167
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011), Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 247