Reconstruction:Proto-Basque/-i

This Proto-Basque 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-Basque

Etymology 1

Ancient participle forming suffix, found in all ancient verbs and many adjectives in the modern language. It’s no longer productive, having been replaced entirely by the suffixes -tu and -tsu

Suffix

*-i

1. Forms participles from verb roots and nouns.
2. Forms adjectives from nouns.

Etymology 2

Suffix

*-i

1. Dative case suffix.

Descendants

• Basque: -i

References

• R. L. Trask (2008) “-i”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 215