Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-nih₂
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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
editEtymology
editSuffix
edit*(é)-nih₂ f[1]
- Feminizes athematic nominal stems.
Inflection
edit| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *(é)-nih₂ | ||
| genitive | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *(é)-nih₂ | *(é)-nih₂h₁(e) | *(é)-nih₂es |
| vocative | *(é)-nih₂ | *(é)-nih₂h₁(e) | *(é)-nih₂es |
| accusative | *(é)-nih₂m̥ | *(é)-nih₂h₁(e) | *(é)-nih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s | *? | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s | *? | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mos, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰos |
| dative | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂ey | *? | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mos, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰos |
| locative | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂i | *? | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂su |
| instrumental | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂h₁ | *? | *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mis, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰis |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-ūnīˀ ~ *-unjāˀ
- Proto-Germanic: *-inī ~ *-unjǭ (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277: “*-niH₂-”