Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷémtus

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 *gʷem- (“to come”) +‎ *-tus.

Noun

*gʷémtus m^[1]

a going

Declension

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*gʷémtus
genitive	*gʷm̥téws
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷémtus	*gʷémtuh₁(e)	*gʷémtewes
vocative	*gʷémtu	*gʷémtuh₁(e)	*gʷémtewes
accusative	*gʷémtum	*gʷémtuh₁(e)	*gʷémtums
genitive	*gʷm̥téws	*?	*gʷm̥téwoHom
ablative	*gʷm̥téws	*?	gʷm̥túmos, gʷm̥túbʰos
dative	*gʷm̥téwey	*?	gʷm̥túmos, gʷm̥túbʰos
locative	gʷm̥téw, gʷm̥téwi	*?	*gʷm̥túsu
instrumental	*gʷm̥túh₁	*?	gʷm̥túmis, gʷm̥túbʰis

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- >? Old Prussian: gemton (“bear”)
Proto-Celtic:
- >? Old Irish: bét (“deed, misdeed, misfortune”)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gántuš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gántuṣ
  - Sanskrit: गन्तु (gántu, “walk, road”)
Proto-Italic: *gʷentus^[2]
- Latin: ventus (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*g^u̯em-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 175-177: “*g^u̯ém-tu-”
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “veniō, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 661: “*gʷem-tu-”

[1] Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*g^u̯em-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 175-177: “*g^u̯ém-tu-”

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “veniō, -īre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 661: “*gʷem-tu-”

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