Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷelsós
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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 *kʷélh₁os (“turn”), a neuter *-os action noun from *kʷelh₁- surviving in τέλος (télos, “end”), further suffixed with *-ós (possessive adjective suffix).[1]
Adjective
[edit]*kʷelsós
Inflection
[edit]| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *kʷelsós | *kʷelséh₂ | |
| genitive | *kʷelsósyo | *kʷelséh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷelsós | *kʷelsóh₁ | *kʷelsóes |
| vocative | *kʷelsé | *kʷelsóh₁ | *kʷelsóes |
| accusative | *kʷelsóm | *kʷelsóh₁ | *kʷelsóms |
| genitive | *kʷelsósyo | *? | *kʷelsóHom |
| ablative | *kʷelséad | *? | *kʷelsómos, *kʷelsóbʰos |
| dative | *kʷelsóey | *? | *kʷelsómos, *kʷelsóbʰos |
| locative | *kʷelséy, *kʷelsóy | *? | *kʷelsóysu |
| instrumental | *kʷelsóh₁ | *? | *kʷelsṓys |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷelséh₂ | *kʷelséh₂h₁(e) | *kʷelséh₂es |
| vocative | *kʷelséh₂ | *kʷelséh₂h₁(e) | *kʷelséh₂es |
| accusative | *kʷelsā́m | *kʷelséh₂h₁(e) | *kʷelséh₂m̥s |
| genitive | *kʷelséh₂s | *? | *kʷelséh₂oHom |
| ablative | *kʷelséh₂s | *? | *kʷelséh₂mos, *kʷelséh₂bʰos |
| dative | *kʷelséh₂ey | *? | *kʷelséh₂mos, *kʷelséh₂bʰos |
| locative | *kʷelséh₂, *kʷelséh₂i | *? | *kʷelséh₂su |
| instrumental | *kʷelséh₂h₁ | *? | *kʷelséh₂mis, *kʷelséh₂bʰis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *kʷelsóm | *kʷelsóy(h₁) | *kʷelséh₂ |
| vocative | *kʷelsóm | *kʷelsóy(h₁) | *kʷelséh₂ |
| accusative | *kʷelsóm | *kʷelsóy(h₁) | *kʷelséh₂ |
| genitive | *kʷelsósyo | *? | *kʷelsóHom |
| ablative | *kʷelséad | *? | *kʷelsómos, *kʷelsóbʰos |
| dative | *kʷelsóey | *? | *kʷelsómos, *kʷelsóbʰos |
| locative | *kʷelséy, *kʷelsóy | *? | *kʷelsóysu |
| instrumental | *kʷelsóh₁ | *? | *kʷelsṓys |
Derived terms
[edit]- *kʷóls-o- (“neck”, o-grade nominalization, literally “(something) turning”)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Celtic: *kʷelsos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: τέλσον (télson, “headland”) (an accent-retracted nominalization)
References
[edit]- ^ Höfler, Stefan (2019) Story of O: On a peculiar substantivization type in PIE[1], Leiden: 5th Indo-European Research Colloquium
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*halsa-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 205