Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-mos

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-mós

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

Suffix

*(ó)-mos m

1. Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

   ‎*h₂eǵ- (“to drive”) + ‎*-mos → ‎*h₂óǵmos (“path, furrow”)

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*(ó)-mos
genitive	*(ó)-mosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(ó)-mos	*(ó)-moh₁	*(ó)-moes
vocative	*(ó)-me	*(ó)-moh₁	*(ó)-moes
accusative	*(ó)-mom	*(ó)-moh₁	*(ó)-moms
genitive	*(ó)-mosyo	*?	*(ó)-moHom
ablative	*(ó)-mead	*?	*(ó)-momos, *(ó)-mobʰos
dative	*(ó)-moey	*?	*(ó)-momos, *(ó)-mobʰos
locative	*(ó)-mey, *(ó)-moy	*?	*(ó)-moysu
instrumental	*(ó)-moh₁	*?	*(ó)-mōys

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-mos

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-mas
  • Proto-Slavic: *-mъ, *-smъ; *-mo n; *-ma f
• Proto-Celtic: *-mus (with a change to u-stem declension)
• Proto-Germanic: some of the a-stem nouns
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: -μος (-mos), -μός (-mós)
• Italic:
  • Latin: -mus