hysterokinetic

English

Etymology

From hystero- +‎ kinetic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˌhɪstərəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk/

Adjective

hysterokinetic

  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.
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