Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰonós

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.
See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰónos

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

    From *gʷʰen- (“to strike”) +‎ *-ós (agentive suffix).

    Noun

    *gʷʰonós m[1]

    1. striker

    Inflection

    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *gʷʰonós
    genitive *gʷʰonósyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *gʷʰonós *gʷʰonóh₁ *gʷʰonóes
    vocative *gʷʰoné *gʷʰonóh₁ *gʷʰonóes
    accusative *gʷʰonóm *gʷʰonóh₁ *gʷʰonóms
    genitive *gʷʰonósyo *? *gʷʰonóHom
    ablative *gʷʰonéad *? *gʷʰonómos, *gʷʰonóbʰos
    dative *gʷʰonóey *? *gʷʰonómos, *gʷʰonóbʰos
    locative *gʷʰonéy, *gʷʰonóy *? *gʷʰonóysu
    instrumental *gʷʰonóh₁ *? *gʷʰonṓys

    Descendants

    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latgalian: gons
      • Latvian: gans (“herdsman, shepherd”)
      • Lithuanian: gãnas (“herdsman”) (dialectal)
      • Proto-Slavic: *-gonъ (in compounds)
        • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *běsogonъ (“evil-chaser”)
        • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *vixъrogonъ, *větrogonъ (“wind-chaser”)
    • Proto-Celtic: *gʷonos (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Nussbaum, Alan (2017), “Agentive and Other Derivatives of “τόμος-Type” Nouns”, in Claire Le Feuvre, Daniel Petit, Georges-Jean Pinault, editors, Verbal Adjectives and Participles in Indo-European Languages. Proceedings of the Arbeitstagung of the Indo-European Society, Paris, 24–26 September 2014, Bremen: Hempen, page 237-238 of 232–266
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.