Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énts
Proto-Indo-European edit
Etymology edit
From *h₂ent- (“face, forehead; front”) + *-s (root nominal suffix).
Reconstruction edit
According to Kloekhorst the paradigm can't be properly reconstructed due to ambiguity of the grammatical gender of Hittite 𒄩𒀭𒍝 (ḫa-an-za), which could have been either common or neuter. Therefore Ancient Greek ἄντα (ánta) could either reflect *h₂ént-h̥₂ or *h₂ént-m̥.[1]
Noun edit
*h₂énts m or f or *h₂ént n[2]
Inflection edit
In case it was animate:
Athematic, amphikinetic | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | |||
nominative | *h₂énts | ||
genitive | *h₂n̥tés | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *h₂énts | *h₂énth₁(e) | *h₂éntes |
vocative | *h₂ént | *h₂énth₁(e) | *h₂éntes |
accusative | *h₂éntm̥ | *h₂énth₁(e) | *h₂éntm̥s |
genitive | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tóHom |
ablative | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
dative | *h₂n̥téy | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
locative | *h₂ént, *h₂énti | *? | *h₂n̥tsú |
instrumental | *h₂n̥téh₁ | *? | *h₂n̥tmís |
In case it was inanimate:
Athematic, amphikinetic | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | |||
nominative | *h₂ént | ||
genitive | *h₂n̥tés | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *h₂ént | *h₂éntih₁ | *h₂énth₂ |
vocative | *h₂ént | *h₂éntih₁ | *h₂énth₂ |
accusative | *h₂ént | *h₂éntih₁ | *h₂énth₂ |
genitive | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tóHom |
ablative | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
dative | *h₂n̥téy | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
locative | *h₂ént, *h₂énti | *? | *h₂n̥tsú |
instrumental | *h₂n̥téh₁ | *? | *h₂n̥tmís |
Derived terms edit
- *h₂énti (locative singular)
- *h₂entó ((fossilized) allative singular)
- *h₂n̥tbʰi (from the instrumental plural)
Descendants edit
- Anatolian:
- Hittite: 𒄩𒀭𒍝 (ḫa-an-za)
- Hellenic:
References edit
- ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 289
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN