Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wétos

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 *wet- (“year”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*wétos n (oblique stem *wétes-)

1. year

   Synonyms: *ǵʰéyōm, *yóh₁r̥

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*wétos
genitive	*wétesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wétos	*wétesih₁	*wétōs
vocative	*wétos	*wétesih₁	*wétōs
accusative	*wétos	*wétesih₁	*wétōs
genitive	*wétesos	*?	*wétesoHom
ablative	*wétesos	*?	*wétesmos, *wétesbʰos
dative	*wétesey	*?	*wétesmos, *wétesbʰos
locative	*wétes, *wétesi	*?	*wétesu
instrumental	*wétesh₁	*?	*wétesmis, *wétesbʰis

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *weta
  • Albanian: vit, vjet
• Proto-Hellenic: *wétos
  • Ancient Greek: ἔτος (étos), (dialectal) ϝέτος (wétos)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀸𐀵 (we-to), 𐀸𐀳𐀂 (we-te-i)
• Proto-Italic: *wetos, *wetezinos
  • Latin: vetus, veternus
• Phrygian: ϝετει (wetei, dat.sg.)