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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃ésth₁

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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Reconstruction

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    The original form was a neuter root noun, as can be seen from Latin os and Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬙- (ast-). In the rest of the daughters, the noun has been transferred to various vocalic stems.

    Medial -th- in Sanskrit अस्थि (ásthi) requires root of the form *HestH (the initial laryngeal is there to account for the canonical shape of Proto-Indo-European root). The Latin reflex requires the initial laryngeal to be *h₃-, and Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) points to *h₁ as the root-final laryngeal.

    Celtic forms require initial laryngeal to be *h₂-, so this noun is sometimes[3] reconstructed to have the paradigm *h₂óst(h₁) ~ *h₂ést(h₁)s.

    Noun

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    *h₃ésth₁ n

    1. bone

    Declension

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    Acrostatic ablauting paradigm.

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *h₃ésth₁
    genitive *h₃ésth₁s
    singular dual plural
    nominative *h₃ésth₁ *h₃ésth₁ih₁
    vocative *h₃ésth₁ *h₃ésth₁ih₁
    accusative *h₃ésth₁ *h₃ésth₁ih₁
    genitive *h₃ésth₁s *?
    ablative *h₃ésth₁s *?
    dative *h₃ésth₁ey *?
    locative *h₃ésth₁, *h₃ésth₁i *?
    instrumental *h₃ésth₁h₁ *?
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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Proto-Albanian: *aśt-[4]
    • Armenian: (< *h₃ost-wer-)
    • Proto-Celtic: *ast (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HástʰH
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HástʰH
      • Proto-Iranian: *HástH (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Nuristani:
    • Italic:
      • Latin: os (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *āyä[5]

    Further reading

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    References

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    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
    3. ^ Steinbauer and Schrijver.
    4. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[3] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 82
    5. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āyo”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 48