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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷóteros

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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

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Etymology

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    From the interrogative determiner *kʷos (which, what) +‎ *-teros (contrastive suffix).

    Adjective

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    *kʷóteros (non-ablauting)[1][2]

    1. which (of two)?

    Inflection

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    Thematic
    masculine feminine
    nominative *kʷóteros *kʷótereh₂
    genitive *kʷóterosyo *kʷótereh₂s
    masculine singular dual plural
    nominative *kʷóteros *kʷóteroh₁ *kʷóteroes
    vocative *kʷótere *kʷóteroh₁ *kʷóteroes
    accusative *kʷóterom *kʷóteroh₁ *kʷóteroms
    genitive *kʷóterosyo *? *kʷóteroHom
    ablative *kʷóteread *? *kʷóteromos, *kʷóterobʰos
    dative *kʷóteroey *? *kʷóteromos, *kʷóterobʰos
    locative *kʷóterey, *kʷóteroy *? *kʷóteroysu
    instrumental *kʷóteroh₁ *? *kʷóterōys
    feminine singular dual plural
    nominative *kʷótereh₂ *kʷótereh₂h₁(e) *kʷótereh₂es
    vocative *kʷótereh₂ *kʷótereh₂h₁(e) *kʷótereh₂es
    accusative *kʷóterām *kʷótereh₂h₁(e) *kʷótereh₂m̥s
    genitive *kʷótereh₂s *? *kʷótereh₂oHom
    ablative *kʷótereh₂s *? *kʷótereh₂mos, *kʷótereh₂bʰos
    dative *kʷótereh₂ey *? *kʷótereh₂mos, *kʷótereh₂bʰos
    locative *kʷótereh₂, *kʷótereh₂i *? *kʷótereh₂su
    instrumental *kʷótereh₂h₁ *? *kʷótereh₂mis, *kʷótereh₂bʰis
    neuter singular dual plural
    nominative *kʷóterom *kʷóteroy(h₁) *kʷótereh₂
    vocative *kʷóterom *kʷóteroy(h₁) *kʷótereh₂
    accusative *kʷóterom *kʷóteroy(h₁) *kʷótereh₂
    genitive *kʷóterosyo *? *kʷóteroHom
    ablative *kʷóteread *? *kʷóteromos, *kʷóterobʰos
    dative *kʷóteroey *? *kʷóteromos, *kʷóterobʰos
    locative *kʷóterey, *kʷóteroy *? *kʷóteroysu
    instrumental *kʷóteroh₁ *? *kʷóterōys

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, →ISBN, page 95
    2. 2.0 2.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014), Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems]‎[2] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 472-473:*kó-teró-
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*koterъ, *kotorъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 240
    4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “katras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232
    5. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “weer6”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[3] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
    6. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πότερος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1226
    7. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “uter”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 646-647