Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/témHos
Proto-Indo-European
editEtymology
editFrom *temH- (“to be dark”) + *-os.
Noun
edit*témHos n (oblique stem *témHes-)
- darkness
- Synonyms: *h₁régʷos, *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂
Inflection
editAthematic, acrostatic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *témHos | ||
genitive | *témHesos | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *témHos | *témHesih₁ | *témHōs |
vocative | *témHos | *témHesih₁ | *témHōs |
accusative | *témHos | *témHesih₁ | *témHōs |
genitive | *témHesos | *? | *témHesoHom |
ablative | *témHesos | *? | *témHesmos, *témHesbʰos |
dative | *témHesey | *? | *témHesmos, *témHesbʰos |
locative | *témHes, *témHesi | *? | *témHesu |
instrumental | *témHesh₁ | *? | *témHesmis, *témHesbʰis |
Derived terms
edit- *témH-es-los (“dark; darkness”)
- Proto-Celtic: *temeslos (see there for further descendants)
- *témH-(e)s-ros (“dark; darkness”)
- Proto-Germanic: *þimstraz
- Proto-West Germanic: *þimstr (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *támHsram (“darkness, dark night”) (see there for further descendants)
- → Common Turkic: *tamu (“hell”)
- Proto-Italic: *temazrā f (“darkness”)
- Latin: tenebrae (“darkness; shadow of death, gloom”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *þimstraz