Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teros
Appearance
Proto-Indo-European
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Suffix
[edit]*-teros
- Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.
Usage notes
[edit]In Proto-Indo-European, X-teros meant "one which is especially X", "one which is more X than other things", "one which is X as opposed to something else". Compare:
- Sanskrit: उद् (ud) → उत्तर (uttara, “upper”)
- Greek: δεξιός (dexiós, “right”) → δεξιτερός (dexiterós, “right”) (as opposed to "left")
- Latin: māter (“mother”) → mātertera (“maternal aunt”) (literally "the mother one").
In some daughters the suffix was grammaticalized as the marker of a comparative degree in adjectives:
- Greek: γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) → γλυκύτερος (glukúteros, “sweeter”)
In some daughters it attracted various pronominal adjectives (determiners), i.e. words meaning "other":
or possessives:
Inflection
[edit]Thematic | |||
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masculine | feminine | ||
nominative | *-teros | *-tereh₂ | |
genitive | *-terosyo | *-tereh₂s | |
masculine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *-teros | *-teroh₁ | *-teroes |
vocative | *-tere | *-teroh₁ | *-teroes |
accusative | *-terom | *-teroh₁ | *-teroms |
genitive | *-terosyo | *? | *-teroHom |
ablative | *-teread | *? | *-teromos, *-terobʰos |
dative | *-teroey | *? | *-teromos, *-terobʰos |
locative | *-terey, *-teroy | *? | *-teroysu |
instrumental | *-teroh₁ | *? | *-terōys |
feminine | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *-tereh₂ | *-tereh₂h₁(e) | *-tereh₂es |
vocative | *-tereh₂ | *-tereh₂h₁(e) | *-tereh₂es |
accusative | *-terām | *-tereh₂h₁(e) | *-tereh₂m̥s |
genitive | *-tereh₂s | *? | *-tereh₂oHom |
ablative | *-tereh₂s | *? | *-tereh₂mos, *-tereh₂bʰos |
dative | *-tereh₂ey | *? | *-tereh₂mos, *-tereh₂bʰos |
locative | *-tereh₂, *-tereh₂i | *? | *-tereh₂su |
instrumental | *-tereh₂h₁ | *? | *-tereh₂mis, *-tereh₂bʰis |
neuter | singular | dual | plural |
nominative | *-terom | *-teroy(h₁) | *-tereh₂ |
vocative | *-terom | *-teroy(h₁) | *-tereh₂ |
accusative | *-terom | *-teroy(h₁) | *-tereh₂ |
genitive | *-terosyo | *? | *-teroHom |
ablative | *-teread | *? | *-teromos, *-terobʰos |
dative | *-teroey | *? | *-teromos, *-terobʰos |
locative | *-terey, *-teroy | *? | *-teroysu |
instrumental | *-teroh₁ | *? | *-terōys |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Germanic: *-þeraz, *-drê
- Proto-Hellenic: *-teros
- Proto-Italic: *-teros
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-taras
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Marek Majer (2012), What happened to PIE kʷotero- in Slavic?