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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-o

 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

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Suffix

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*-o[1][2]

  1. Adverbial suffix indicating direction
    Antonym: *-tos

Extensions

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  • *-o-o > *-ō (with double suffix; if not *o-h₁, with instrumental suffix)
    • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Proto-Slavic: *-a (as in *doma (“at home”) and *vьčera (“yesterday”))
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: -ω (-ō)

Derived terms

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Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-o
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂epó
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pró
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/upó

Descendants

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  • Proto-Anatolian: *-o[1]
    • Hittite: [Term?] (/⁠-a⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠-ā́⁠/, allative sg. ending)[2] (unproductive in later Hittite)

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014) “*-o”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 1: Einleitung, Terminologie, Lautgesetze, Adverbialendungen, Nominalsuffixe, Anhänge und Indices, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 154-161
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “-a, -ā”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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