Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃énh₂os

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 *h₃enh₂- (“to onerate; to charge”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*h₃énh₂os n (oblique stem *h₃énh₂es-)

1. load; burden

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*h₃énh₂os
genitive	*h₃énh₂esos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₃énh₂os	*h₃énh₂esih₁	*h₃énh₂ōs
vocative	*h₃énh₂os	*h₃énh₂esih₁	*h₃énh₂ōs
accusative	*h₃énh₂os	*h₃énh₂esih₁	*h₃énh₂ōs
genitive	*h₃énh₂esos	*?	*h₃énh₂esoHom
ablative	*h₃énh₂esos	*?	*h₃énh₂esmos, *h₃énh₂esbʰos
dative	*h₃énh₂esey	*?	*h₃énh₂esmos, *h₃énh₂esbʰos
locative	*h₃énh₂es, *h₃énh₂esi	*?	*h₃énh₂esu
instrumental	*h₃énh₂esh₁	*?	*h₃énh₂esmis, *h₃énh₂esbʰis

Derived terms

• *h₃enh₂ostos

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hánas
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hánas
    • Sanskrit: अनस् (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”)
• Proto-Italic: *onos
  • Latin: onus (see there for further descendants)

References

• Clackson, James (2002) Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference