Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂wóstu
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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
Alternative reconstructions edit
Etymology edit
From the o-grade of *h₂wes- (“to dwell”) + *-tu.
Noun edit
*h₂wóstu n[2]
Declension edit
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *h₂wóstu | ||
| genitive | *h₂wóstus | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *h₂wóstu | *h₂wóstwih₁ | *h₂wóstuh₂ |
| vocative | *h₂wóstu | *h₂wóstwih₁ | *h₂wóstuh₂ |
| accusative | *h₂wóstu | *h₂wóstwih₁ | *h₂wóstuh₂ |
| genitive | *h₂wóstus | *? | *h₂wóstwoHom |
| ablative | *h₂wóstus | *? | *h₂wóstumos |
| dative | *h₂wóstwey | *? | *h₂wóstumos |
| locative | *h₂wóstu, *h₂wóstwi | *? | *h₂wóstusu |
| instrumental | *h₂wóstuh₁ | *? | *h₂wóstumis |
Descendants edit
- Proto-Celtic: *wastu
- Proto-Hellenic: *wástu
- Ancient Greek: ἄστυ (ástu)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwā́stu
- Proto-Tocharian: *wostu[3]
References edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “h₂u̯óstu”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 281
- ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ost”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 134