Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁wésus

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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Etymology

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    From *h₁wes- +‎ *-us (Caland system suffix).

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    Adjective

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    *h₁wésus[1][2]

    1. good, excellent
      Synonym: *h₁su-
      Antonym: *dus-

    Inflection

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    Athematic, proterokinetic
    masculine feminine
    nominative *h₁wésus *h₁uséwih₂
    genitive *h₁uséws *h₁usuyéh₂s
    masculine singular dual plural
    nominative *h₁wésus *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésewes
    vocative *h₁wésu *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésewes
    accusative *h₁wésum *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésums
    genitive *h₁uséws *? *h₁uséwoHom
    ablative *h₁uséws *? *h₁usúmos, *h₁usúbʰos
    dative *h₁uséwey *? *h₁usúmos, *h₁usúbʰos
    locative *h₁uséw, *h₁uséwi *? *h₁usúsu
    instrumental *h₁usúh₁ *? *h₁usúmis, *h₁usúbʰis
    feminine singular dual plural
    nominative *h₁uséwih₂ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂es
    vocative *h₁uséwih₂ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂es
    accusative *h₁uséwih₂m̥ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂m̥s
    genitive *h₁usuyéh₂s *? *h₁usuyéh₂oHom
    ablative *h₁usuyéh₂s *? *h₁usuyéh₂mos, *h₁usuyéh₂bʰos
    dative *h₁usuyéh₂ey *? *h₁usuyéh₂mos, *h₁usuyéh₂bʰos
    locative *h₁usuyéh₂, *h₁usuyéh₂i *? *h₁usuyéh₂su
    instrumental *h₁usuyéh₂h₁ *? *h₁usuyéh₂mis, *h₁usuyéh₂bʰis
    neuter singular dual plural
    nominative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
    vocative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
    accusative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
    genitive *h₁uséws *? *h₁uséwoHom
    ablative *h₁uséws *? *h₁usúmos, *h₁usúbʰos
    dative *h₁uséwey *? *h₁usúmos, *h₁usúbʰos
    locative *h₁uséw, *h₁uséwi *? *h₁usúsu
    instrumental *h₁usúh₁ *? *h₁usúmis, *h₁usúbʰis

    Derived terms

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    • *h₁weselos
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wéselas (see there for further descendants)

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “u̯ē̆su-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1174-1175
    2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*h₁u̯es-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 253-258
    3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wesu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418