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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ōs

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os and Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós
 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

Alternate Reconstructions
  • *(é)-ōs ~ *(é)-es-os (acrostatic)[1]

Etymology

From *(é)-os-s from *(é)-os (neuter s-stem) +‎ *-s (non-neuter nominative), with simplification of the geminate consonant /s/ and compensatory lengthening.

Suffix

*(é)-ōs m or f

  1. Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
singular
nominative *(é)-ōs
genitive *(Ø)-sés
singular dual plural
nominative *(é)-ōs *(é)-osh₁(e) *(é)-oses
vocative *(é)-os *(é)-osh₁(e) *(é)-oses
accusative *(é)-osm̥ *(é)-osh₁(e) *(é)-osm̥s
genitive *(Ø)-sés *? *(Ø)-sóHom
ablative *(Ø)-sés *? *(Ø)-smós
dative *(Ø)-séy *? *(Ø)-smós
locative *(Ø)-és, *(Ø)-ési *? *(Ø)-sú
instrumental *(Ø)-séh₁ *? *(Ø)-smís

Derived terms
Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-ōs

Descendants
  • Hellenic:
  • Proto-Italic: *-ōs

References
  1. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 309
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