Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pékʷtōr

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 *pekʷ- (“to cook”) +‎ *-tōr (agentive nominal suffix).

Noun

*pékʷtōr m

1. one who cooks, cook

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*pékʷtōr
genitive	*pkʷtrés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pékʷtōr	*pékʷtōrh₁(e)	*pékʷtōres
vocative	*pékʷtōr	*pékʷtōrh₁(e)	*pékʷtōres
accusative	*pékʷtōrm̥	*pékʷtōrh₁(e)	*pékʷtōrm̥s
genitive	*pkʷtrés	*?	*pkʷtróHom
ablative	*pkʷtrés	*?	*pkʷtr̥mós, *pkʷtr̥bʰós
dative	*pkʷtréy	*?	*pkʷtr̥mós, *pkʷtr̥bʰós
locative	*pkʷtér, *pkʷtéri	*?	*pkʷtr̥sú
instrumental	*pkʷtréh₁	*?	*pkʷtr̥mís, *pkʷtr̥bʰís

Descendants

• Proto-Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: πέπτρια (péptria, “female baker”) (< *pékʷ-trih₂)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *paktā́
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *paktā́
    • Sanskrit: पक्तृ (paktṛ́)
• Proto-Italic: *kʷektōr
  • Latin: coctor