Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pótis
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Proto-Indo-European
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derksen writes: “It is often assumed that the meaning ‘lord, husband’ derives from an even older meaning ‘self’, as found in pàts” (see Lithuanian pàts (“(singular masculine) self”)).
Noun
[edit]*pótis m
Inflection
[edit]Athematic, acrostatic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *pótis | ||
genitive | *pétis | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *pótis | *pótih₁(e) | *póteyes |
vocative | *póti | *pótih₁(e) | *póteyes |
accusative | *pótim | *pótih₁(e) | *pótims |
genitive | *pétis | *? | *pétyoHom |
ablative | *pétis | *? | *pétimos |
dative | *pétyey | *? | *pétimos |
locative | *péti | *? | *pétisu |
instrumental | *pétih₁ | *? | *pétimis |
Derived terms
[edit]- *déms pótis
- *gʰóstipotis
- *pótnih₂ (“wife, mistress”)
- *wiḱpótis
- ?*népōts
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Albanian: *pat(i)-
- Albanian: pata
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *patis
- Proto-Germanic: *fadiz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *pótis (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pátiš (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *potis (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 346