Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pótnih₂
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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]Etymology
[edit]From *pótis (“master, husband”) + *-nih₂ (feminizing suffix).
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *pótnih₂ | ||
| genitive | *pótn̥yeh₂s | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *pótnih₂ | *pótnih₂h₁(e) | *pótnih₂es |
| vocative | *pótnih₂ | *pótnih₂h₁(e) | *pótnih₂es |
| accusative | *pótnih₂m̥ | *pótnih₂h₁(e) | *pótnih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *pótn̥yeh₂s | *? | *pótn̥yeh₂oHom |
| ablative | *pótn̥yeh₂s | *? | *pótn̥yeh₂mos, *pótn̥yeh₂bʰos |
| dative | *pótn̥yeh₂ey | *? | *pótn̥yeh₂mos, *pótn̥yeh₂bʰos |
| locative | *pótn̥yeh₂, *pótn̥yeh₂i | *? | *pótn̥yeh₂su |
| instrumental | *pótn̥yeh₂h₁ | *? | *pótn̥yeh₂mis, *pótn̥yeh₂bʰis |
Derived terms
[edit]- *déms-pótnih₂
- Proto-Hellenic: *déspoňňa (“lady of the house”) (see there for further descendants)
- *wiḱ-pótnih₂[5]
- Albanian: zonjë (“lady”)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Lithuanian: viēšpati (“queen, mistress, lady”)
- Old Prussian: waispattin (“mistress of a house”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wićpátniH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiśpátniH
- Sanskrit: विश्पत्नी (viśpátnī)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiśpátniH
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *patī
- Proto-Hellenic: *pótnia (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pátniH (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πότνια”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1227
- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “pátnī-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “pátnī-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 75
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “viēšpati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
Further reading
[edit]- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN