Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teh₂ts

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 *-teh₂ + *-ts.

Suffix

*-teh₂ts f

1. Used to form nouns representing state of being

Inflection

Athematic
	singular
nominative	*-teh₂ts
genitive	*-teh₂tés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-teh₂ts	*-teh₂th₁(e)	*-teh₂tes
vocative	*-teh₂t	*-teh₂th₁(e)	*-teh₂tes
accusative	*-teh₂tm̥	*-teh₂th₁(e)	*-teh₂tm̥s
genitive	*-teh₂tés	*?	*-teh₂tóHom
ablative	*-teh₂tés	*?	*-teh₂tmós
dative	*-teh₂téy	*?	*-teh₂tmós
locative	*-teh₂t, *-teh₂ti	*?	*-teh₂tsú
instrumental	*-teh₂téh₁	*?	*-teh₂tmís

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-teh₂ts

Related terms

• *-túHts

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic: *-tāts
  • Ancient Greek: -της (-tēs)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-taHtiš
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-taHtiṣ
    • Sanskrit: -ताति (-tāti)
  • Proto-Iranian: *-taHtiš
    • Avestan: -𐬙𐬁𐬝‎ (-tāt̰)
• Proto-Italic: *-tāts (see there for further descendants)

References

• Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62