Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénh₁os

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

Etymology

From *ǵenh₁- (“to produce, to beget, to give birth”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*ǵénh₁os n (oblique stem *ǵénh₁es-)

1. race, lineage

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*ǵénh₁os
genitive	*ǵénh₁esos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǵénh₁os	*ǵénh₁esih₁	*ǵénh₁ōs
vocative	*ǵénh₁os	*ǵénh₁esih₁	*ǵénh₁ōs
accusative	*ǵénh₁os	*ǵénh₁esih₁	*ǵénh₁ōs
genitive	*ǵénh₁esos	*?	*ǵénh₁esoHom
ablative	*ǵénh₁esos	*?	*ǵénh₁esmos
dative	*ǵénh₁esey	*?	*ǵénh₁esmos
locative	*ǵénh₁es, *ǵénh₁esi	*?	*ǵénh₁esu
instrumental	*ǵénh₁esh₁	*?	*ǵénh₁esmis

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: ծին (cin)
    • Armenian: ծին (cin)
• Proto-Celtic: *genos (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *génos
  • Ancient Greek: γένος (génos) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ánHas (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *genos
  • Latin: genus (see there for further descendants)