Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂n̥tbʰóh₁

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 edit

Etymology edit

From the same root as *h₂m̥bʰi, with dual endings. The second half is considered cognate to Proto-Germanic *bai, Sanskrit उभौ (ubháu). Argued to derive from the root of *h₂énts.

Determiner edit

*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁^[1]^[2]

both

Inflection edit

Thematic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁	*h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e)
genitive	*?	*?
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁	—
vocative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁	—
accusative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁	—
genitive	—	*?	—
ablative	—	*?	—
dative	—	*?	—
locative	—	*?	—
instrumental	—	*?	—
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e)	—
vocative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e)	—
accusative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e)	—
genitive	—	*?	—
ablative	—	*?	—
dative	—	*?	—
locative	—	*?	—
instrumental	—	*?	—
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰóy(h₁)	—
vocative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰóy(h₁)	—
accusative	—	*h₂n̥tbʰóy(h₁)	—
genitive	—	*?	—
ablative	—	*?	—
dative	—	*?	—
locative	—	*?	—
instrumental	—	*?	—

Descendants edit

>? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *abā
- Latvian: abi
- Lithuanian: abu
- Proto-Slavic: *oba (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἄμφω (ámphō)
Proto-Italic: *amβō
- Latin: ambō
>? Proto-Tocharian: *āntӓp(ӓ)i (from the neuter dual in *-oih₂)^[3]
- Tocharian A: āmpi
- Tocharian B: antapi

References edit

^ Eugen Hill (2012) “Hidden sound laws in the inflectional morphology of Proto-Indo-European”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European)‎^[1], Museum Tusculum Press, page 184: “*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁ m., *-ói̯h₁ n.'both'”
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ambō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37: “PIE h₂(e)nt-bʰoH 'both'”
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “antapi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 15

[1] Eugen Hill (2012) “Hidden sound laws in the inflectional morphology of Proto-Indo-European”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European)‎^[1], Museum Tusculum Press, page 184: “*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁ m., *-ói̯h₁ n.'both'”

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ambō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37: “PIE h₂(e)nt-bʰoH 'both'”

[3] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “antapi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 15

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