Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-trom
Proto-Indo-European
editAlternative forms
edit- *-dʰlom, *-dʰrom (typically occurring with roots ending in *-h₁ or *-h₂. See e.g. Latin fābula from root *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”))
- *-tlom
Etymology
editThematicized from the zero-grade of *-tḗr.
Originally the neuter gender of some adjective *-tros meaning "of the doer, of doing". Of note is the similar development later exercised by daughter languages (e.g. Latin -tor > -tōrius (“of the doer, of doing”) > -tōrium (“thing/ place of the doer”)).
Suffix
edit*(é)-trom n
- Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
Inflection
editThematic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *(é)-trom | ||
genitive | *(é)-trosyo | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
vocative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
accusative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
genitive | *(é)-trosyo | *? | *(é)-troHom |
ablative | *(é)-tread | *? | *(é)-tromos, *(é)-trobʰos |
dative | *(é)-troey | *? | *(é)-tromos, *(é)-trobʰos |
locative | *(é)-trey, *(é)-troy | *? | *(é)-troysu |
instrumental | *(é)-troh₁ | *? | *(é)-trōys |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-Celtic: *-trom
- Proto-Germanic: *-þrą (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *-tron
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-tram
- Proto-Italic: *-trom
- Latin: -trum
References
edit- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61
- OLSEN (1989)