Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sewós

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

Thematisation of *séwe (gen.), or vriddhi derivative of *swé.

Pronoun

*sewós

1. possessive adjective of *swé: (one's) own; his, her, its

   Synonym: *swós

Inflection

Thematic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*sewós	*sewéh₂
genitive	*sewósyo	*sewéh₂s
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sewós	*sewóh₁	*sewóes
vocative	*sewé	*sewóh₁	*sewóes
accusative	*sewóm	*sewóh₁	*sewóms
genitive	*sewósyo	*?	*sewóHom
ablative	*sewéad	*?	*sewómos, *sewóbʰos
dative	*sewóey	*?	*sewómos, *sewóbʰos
locative	*sewéy, *sewóy	*?	*sewóysu
instrumental	*sewóh₁	*?	*sewṓys
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sewéh₂	*sewéh₂h₁(e)	*sewéh₂es
vocative	*sewéh₂	*sewéh₂h₁(e)	*sewéh₂es
accusative	*sewā́m	*sewéh₂h₁(e)	*sewéh₂m̥s
genitive	*sewéh₂s	*?	*sewéh₂oHom
ablative	*sewéh₂s	*?	*sewéh₂mos, *sewéh₂bʰos
dative	*sewéh₂ey	*?	*sewéh₂mos, *sewéh₂bʰos
locative	*sewéh₂, *sewéh₂i	*?	*sewéh₂su
instrumental	*sewéh₂h₁	*?	*sewéh₂mis, *sewéh₂bʰis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sewóm	*sewóy(h₁)	*sewéh₂
vocative	*sewóm	*sewóy(h₁)	*sewéh₂
accusative	*sewóm	*sewóy(h₁)	*sewéh₂
genitive	*sewósyo	*?	*sewóHom
ablative	*sewéad	*?	*sewómos, *sewóbʰos
dative	*sewóey	*?	*sewómos, *sewóbʰos
locative	*sewéy, *sewóy	*?	*sewóysu
instrumental	*sewóh₁	*?	*sewṓys

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Latvian: savs
  • Latgalian: sovs
  • Lithuanian: sãvas
• Proto-Hellenic: *hewós
  • Ancient Greek: ἑός (heós)
• Proto-Italic: *sowos (see there for further descendants)