Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-elos
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This Proto-Italic 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-Italic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-elós, thematized from Proto-Indo-European *-lós.[1]
Suffix
[edit]*-elos m (feminine *-elā, neuter *-elom)
- Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
- Forms agentive verbal adjectives and agent nouns
- Forms desubstantival adjectives
Usage notes
[edit]- When used as a diminutive suffix, the gender of the diminutive matches that of the base noun it is formed from. *-elos is used for masculine bases, *-elā for feminine ones, and *-elom for neuter ones.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-elos | *-elōs, -eloi |
| vocative | *-ele | *-elōs, -eloi |
| accusative | *-elom | *-elons |
| genitive | *-elosjo, -elī | *-elom |
| dative | *-elōi | *-elois |
| ablative | *-elōd | *-elois |
| locative | *-elei | *-elois |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ de Goede, Tim (2014), de Vaan, Michiel, editors, Derivational Morphology: New Perspectives on the Italo-Celtic Hypothesis (Research master thesis)[1], Leiden University, pages 14-15