Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/odónts

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”).^[1]

Noun

*odónts m

tooth

Inflection

Consonant stem, masc./fem.
Nominative	*odónts
Genitive	*odóntos
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*odónts	*odónte	*odóntes
Vocative	*odónt	*odónte	*odóntes
Accusative	*odóntə	*odónte	*odóntəs
Genitive	*odóntos	*odóntoyyun	*odóntōn
Dative	*odóntei	*odóntoyyun	*odóntpʰi
Locative	*odónti	?	*odóntsi
Instrumental	*odóntē	?	*odóntpʰi

Descendants

Ancient Greek: ὀδούς (odoús)
Ionic Greek: ὀδών (odṓn)
- Greek: δόντι (dónti)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀδών”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1049

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὀδών”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1049

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