Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱleytéh₂

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

From *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”) +‎ *-teh₂.

Adjective

*ḱleytéh₂ f

1. something leaning, sloped, inclined

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	singular
nominative	*ḱleytéh₂
genitive	*ḱleytéh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ḱleytéh₂	*ḱleytéh₂h₁(e)	*ḱleytéh₂es
vocative	*ḱleytéh₂	*ḱleytéh₂h₁(e)	*ḱleytéh₂es
accusative	*ḱleytā́m	*ḱleytéh₂h₁(e)	*ḱleytéh₂m̥s
genitive	*ḱleytéh₂s	*?	*ḱleytéh₂oHom
ablative	*ḱleytéh₂s	*?	*ḱleytéh₂mos, *ḱleytéh₂bʰos
dative	*ḱleytéh₂ey	*?	*ḱleytéh₂mos, *ḱleytéh₂bʰos
locative	*ḱleytéh₂, *ḱleytéh₂i	*?	*ḱleytéh₂su
instrumental	*ḱleytéh₂h₁	*?	*ḱleytéh₂mis, *ḱleytéh₂bʰis

Descendants

• Proto-Celtic: *kleitā (“palisade, hurdle”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *hlīdō (“slope, incline”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćraytáH
  • Proto-Iranian: *craytáH
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (srat, “ladder”)
      • Persian: سرت (sart, “ladder”) (dialectal)