Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déh₃tis

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 *deh₃- (“to give”) +‎ *-tis (abstract or action suffix). Alternatively reconstructed as a t-stem noun *dóh₃-t-s ~ *déh₃-t-s, from *deh₃- (“to give”) +‎ *-ts.

Noun

*déh₃tis f (oblique stem *dh₃téy-)

1. (act of) giving

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*déh₃tis
genitive	*dh₃téys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*déh₃tis	*déh₃tih₁(e)	*déh₃teyes
vocative	*déh₃ti	*déh₃tih₁(e)	*déh₃teyes
accusative	*déh₃tim	*déh₃tih₁(e)	*déh₃tims
genitive	*dh₃téys	*?	*dh₃téyoHom
ablative	*dh₃téys	*?	*dh₃tímos, *dh₃tíbʰos
dative	*dh₃téyey	*?	*dh₃tímos, *dh₃tíbʰos
locative	*dh₃téy, *dh₃tḗy	*?	*dh₃tísu
instrumental	*dh₃tíh₁	*?	*dh₃tímis, *dh₃tíbʰis

Alternative reconstructions

• *dóh₃-t-s ~ *déh₃-t-s

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic: *dótis
  • Ancient Greek: δόσις (dósis)
    • → Late Latin: dosis (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dítiš
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dítiṣ
    • Sanskrit: दिति (díti)
• Proto-Italic: *dōtis
  • Latin: dōs (see there for further descendants)