Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)ḱeh₃ih₂

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 *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness, shadow”) +‎ *-ih₂ (athematic feminine suffix).

Noun

*(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ f

1. shadow, shade

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*(s)ḱéh₃ih₂
genitive	*(s)ḱyéh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(s)ḱéh₃ih₂	—	—
vocative	*(s)ḱéh₃ih₂	—	—
accusative	*(s)ḱéh₃ih₂m̥	—	—
genitive	*(s)ḱyéh₂s	—	—
ablative	*(s)ḱyéh₂s	—	—
dative	*(s)ḱyéh₂ey	—	—
locative	*(s)ḱyéh₂, *(s)ḱyéh₂i	—	—
instrumental	*(s)ḱyéh₂h₁	—	—

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *skijā
  • Albanian: hije (“shadow, shade; darkness”)
• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Latvian: seja *seĩja (“face, shadow”)
• Proto-Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: σκιά (skiá, “shadow, shade”), σκιάς (skiás, “canopy, umbrel”)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *śćaHyáH (“shade”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Tocharian: *skiya
  • Tocharian B: [Term?] (skiyo, “shadow”)