Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷḗn

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

    Noun

    *gʷḗn f (oblique stem *gʷnéh₂-)

    1. woman

    Inflection

    Athematic, proterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *gʷénh₂s
    genitive *gʷnéh₂s
    singular dual plural
    nominative *gʷénh₂s *gʷénh₂h₁(e) *gʷénh₂es
    vocative *gʷḗn *gʷénh₂h₁(e) *gʷénh₂es
    accusative *gʷénh₂m̥ *gʷénh₂h₁(e) *gʷénh₂m̥s
    genitive *gʷnéh₂s *? *gʷnéh₂oHom
    ablative *gʷnéh₂s *? *gʷnéh₂mos, *gʷnéh₂bʰos
    dative *gʷnéh₂ey *? *gʷnéh₂mos, *gʷnéh₂bʰos
    locative *gʷnéh₂, *gʷnéh₂i *? *gʷnéh₂su
    instrumental *gʷnéh₂h₁ *? *gʷnéh₂mis, *gʷnéh₂bʰis

    Derived terms

    • *gʷēn-i-[1]
      • Proto-Germanic: *kwēniz (see there for further descendants)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Anatolian: *gʷón-
    • Armenian:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *génāˀ (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *benā (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *kwenǭ[2] (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *gʷənā (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰánHs, *gnáHs (see there for further descendants)
    • Phrygian: κναικα (knaika)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *ćänā[3] (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kwēni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 316-317: “gʷēn-i- (DRV?)”
    2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*kwenōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 317
    3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “śana”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 676–677

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