Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déms pótis

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

PIE word
*pótis

From *dṓm ~ *dém-s (“house”) +‎ *pótis (“master”).

Noun edit

*déms pótis m^[1]

master of the house

Inflection edit

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*déms pótis
genitive	*déms pétis
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*déms pótis	*déms pótih₁(e)	*déms póteyes
vocative	*déms póti	*déms pótih₁(e)	*déms póteyes
accusative	*déms pótim	*déms pótih₁(e)	*déms pótims
genitive	*déms pétis	*?	*déms pétyoHom
ablative	*déms pétis	*?	*déms pétimos
dative	*déms pétyey	*?	*déms pétimos
locative	*déms péti	*?	*déms pétisu
instrumental	*déms pétih₁	*?	*déms pétimis

Related terms edit

*wiḱpótis

Derived terms edit

*démspot-nih₂ ~ *dm̥spot-n̥yéh₂-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *déspoňňa (see there for further descendants)

Descendants edit

Proto-Hellenic: *despótis
- Ancient Greek: δεσπότης (despótēs) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *dámspatiš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dámspatiṣ
  - Sanskrit: दम्पति (dámpati) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *dámspátiš
  - Avestan: 𐬛𐬇𐬧𐬔⸱𐬞𐬀𐬙𐬋𐬌𐬴 (də̄ṇg.patōiṣ̌, “master of the house”, gen.sg.)

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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