Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tōr

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

Suffix

*(é)-tōr m

1. Derives agent nouns from verb roots, denoting someone or something who has performed the root's action.

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*(é)-tōr
genitive	*(Ø)-trés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(é)-tōr	*(é)-torh₁(e)	*(é)-tores
vocative	*(é)-tor	*(é)-torh₁(e)	*(é)-tores
accusative	*(é)-torm̥	*(é)-torh₁(e)	*(é)-torm̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-trés	*?	*(Ø)-tróHom
ablative	*(Ø)-trés	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mós, *(Ø)-tr̥bʰós
dative	*(Ø)-tréy	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mós, *(Ø)-tr̥bʰós
locative	*(Ø)-tér, *(Ø)-téri	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥sú
instrumental	*(Ø)-tréh₁	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mís, *(Ø)-tr̥bʰís

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-tōr

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déh₃tōr

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénh₁tōr

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pékʷtōr

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéydtōr

Related terms

• *-tḗr

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic: *-tōr
  • Ancient Greek: -τωρ (-tōr)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-tā
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tā
    • Sanskrit: -तृ (-tṛ) (-ता (-tā, nom.sg))
• Proto-Italic: *-tōr
  • Latin: -tor (see there for further descendants)