Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ṓy

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

Suffix

*(∅)-ṓy m or f^[1]

Forms nouns from verb and noun stems.
‎*sekʷ- (“to follow”) + ‎*-éh₂ (action noun suffix) + ‎*-ṓy → ‎*sokʷh₂ṓy (“retinue follower”)

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*(∅)-ṓy
genitive	*(∅)-yés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(∅)-ṓy	*(∅)-óyh₁(e)	*(∅)-óyes
vocative	*(∅)-óy	*(∅)-óyh₁(e)	*(∅)-óyes
accusative	*(∅)-ṓm	*(∅)-óyh₁(e)	*(∅)-óym̥s
genitive	*(∅)-yés	*?	*(∅)-yóHom
ablative	*(∅)-yés	*?	*(∅)-imós
dative	*(∅)-yéy	*?	*(∅)-imós
locative	(∅)-óy, (∅)-ṓy	*?	*(∅)-isú
instrumental	*(∅)-yéh₁	*?	*(∅)-imís

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-ṓy

Descendants

Anatolian:
- Hittite: [script needed] (-āiš)
Proto-Hellenic: *-ṓi
- Ancient Greek: -ώ (-ṓ)

References

^ Yates, Anthony D. (2019) “Suffixal* o-vocalism without “amphikinesis:” On Proto-Indo-European*–oi-stems and ablaut as a diagnostic for word stress”, in David M. Goldstein, Stephanie W. Jamison, and Brent Vine, editors, Proceedings of the 30th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference

[1] Yates, Anthony D. (2019) “Suffixal* o-vocalism without “amphikinesis:” On Proto-Indo-European*–oi-stems and ablaut as a diagnostic for word stress”, in David M. Goldstein, Stephanie W. Jamison, and Brent Vine, editors, Proceedings of the 30th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference

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