hysterokinetic

English

Etymology

From hystero- +‎ kinetic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɪstəɹəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk/

Adjective

hysterokinetic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics) Of Indo-European nouns, characterised by having an accent on the suffix in strong cases, which shifts to the ending in weak cases.

   The PIE word for ‘father’ was hysterokinetic: nominative singular *ph₂-tér-s, genitive *ph₂-tr-és.

Synonyms

• hysterodynamic

Coordinate terms

• acrostatic
• amphikinetic
• proterokinetic