Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kʷséps

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

Noun

*kʷséps f

1. night

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*kʷséps
genitive	*kʷspés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kʷséps	*kʷséph₁(e)	*kʷsépes
vocative	*kʷsép	*kʷséph₁(e)	*kʷsépes
accusative	*kʷsépm̥	*kʷséph₁(e)	*kʷsépm̥s
genitive	*kʷspés	*?	*kʷspóHom
ablative	*kʷspés	*?	*kʷspmós, *kʷspbʰós
dative	*kʷspéy	*?	*kʷspmós, *kʷspbʰós
locative	*kʷsép, *kʷsépi	*?	*kʷspsú
instrumental	*kʷspéh₁	*?	*kʷspmís, *kʷspbʰís

Derived terms

• *kʷsep-r/n-
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: գիշեր (gišer) (partially)
• *kʷsp-ént-s
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒅖𒉺𒀭𒍝 (ispanza)
• *wek(ʷ)speros (possibly)

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *kšáps (see there for further descendants)