Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰonós

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.

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

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *gʷʰen- (“to strike”) +‎ *-ós (agentive suffix).

Noun

*gʷʰonós m

1. striker

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*gʷʰonós
genitive	*gʷʰonósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷʰonós	*gʷʰonóh₁	*gʷʰonóes
vocative	*gʷʰoné	*gʷʰonóh₁	*gʷʰonóes
accusative	*gʷʰonóm	*gʷʰonóh₁	*gʷʰonóms
genitive	*gʷʰonósyo	*?	*gʷʰonóHom
ablative	*gʷʰonéad	*?	*gʷʰonómos, *gʷʰonóbʰos
dative	*gʷʰonóey	*?	*gʷʰonómos, *gʷʰonóbʰos
locative	*gʷʰonéy, *gʷʰonóy	*?	*gʷʰonóysu
instrumental	*gʷʰonóh₁	*?	*gʷʰonṓys

Descendants

• Balto-Slavic:
  • Latgalian: gons
  • Latvian: gans (“herdsman, shepherd”)
  • Lithuanian: gãnas (“herdsman”) (dialectal)
  • Proto-Slavic: *-gonъ (in compounds)
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *běsogonъ (“evil-chaser”)
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *vixъrogonъ, *větrogonъ (“wind-chaser”)
• Proto-Celtic: *gʷonos (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gʰanás
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gʰanás
    • Sanskrit: घन (ghaná, “destroyer, murderer; slaying, murder”) (see there for further descendants)