Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰónos
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *gʷʰen- (“to strike down, slay”) + *-os (action noun suffix), if not formed independently in each language.[1]
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *gʷʰónos | ||
| genitive | *gʷʰónosyo | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gʷʰónos | *gʷʰónoh₁ | *gʷʰónoes |
| vocative | *gʷʰóne | *gʷʰónoh₁ | *gʷʰónoes |
| accusative | *gʷʰónom | *gʷʰónoh₁ | *gʷʰónoms |
| genitive | *gʷʰónosyo | *? | *gʷʰónoHom |
| ablative | *gʷʰónead | *? | *gʷʰónomos |
| dative | *gʷʰónoey | *? | *gʷʰónomos |
| locative | *gʷʰóney, *gʷʰónoy | *? | *gʷʰónoysu |
| instrumental | *gʷʰónoh₁ | *? | *gʷʰónōys |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Celtic: *gʷonos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *kʷʰónos
- Ancient Greek: φόνος (phónos, “murder”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gánas (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φόνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1586: “PIE *gʷʰón-o- [m.]”
- ^ Rix, Helmut (1992) Historische Grammatik des Griechischen: Laut- und Formenlehre (in German), 2nd edition, Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, →ISBN, page 87: “*gu̯ʰonos”