Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-iskos

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

*-iskos

1. Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Inflection

Thematic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*-iskos	*-iskeh₂
genitive	*-iskosyo	*-iskeh₂s
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-iskos	*-iskoh₁	*-iskoes
vocative	*-iske	*-iskoh₁	*-iskoes
accusative	*-iskom	*-iskoh₁	*-iskoms
genitive	*-iskosyo	*?	*-iskoHom
ablative	*-iskead	*?	*-iskomos, *-iskobʰos
dative	*-iskoey	*?	*-iskomos, *-iskobʰos
locative	*-iskey, *-iskoy	*?	*-iskoysu
instrumental	*-iskoh₁	*?	*-iskōys
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-iskeh₂	*-iskeh₂h₁(e)	*-iskeh₂es
vocative	*-iskeh₂	*-iskeh₂h₁(e)	*-iskeh₂es
accusative	*-iskām	*-iskeh₂h₁(e)	*-iskeh₂m̥s
genitive	*-iskeh₂s	*?	*-iskeh₂oHom
ablative	*-iskeh₂s	*?	*-iskeh₂mos, *-iskeh₂bʰos
dative	*-iskeh₂ey	*?	*-iskeh₂mos, *-iskeh₂bʰos
locative	*-iskeh₂, *-iskeh₂i	*?	*-iskeh₂su
instrumental	*-iskeh₂h₁	*?	*-iskeh₂mis, *-iskeh₂bʰis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-iskom	*-iskoy(h₁)	*-iskeh₂
vocative	*-iskom	*-iskoy(h₁)	*-iskeh₂
accusative	*-iskom	*-iskoy(h₁)	*-iskeh₂
genitive	*-iskosyo	*?	*-iskoHom
ablative	*-iskead	*?	*-iskomos, *-iskobʰos
dative	*-iskoey	*?	*-iskomos, *-iskobʰos
locative	*-iskey, *-iskoy	*?	*-iskoysu
instrumental	*-iskoh₁	*?	*-iskōys

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-iškas (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *-iskaz (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *-iskos
  • Ancient Greek: -ῐ́σκος (-ískos)