Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃épos

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

    From *h₃ep- +‎ *-os.

    Noun

    *h₃épos

    1. work

    Declension

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *h₃épos
    genitive *h₃épesos
    singular dual plural
    nominative *h₃épos *h₃épesih₁ *h₃épōs
    vocative *h₃épos *h₃épesih₁ *h₃épōs
    accusative *h₃épos *h₃épesih₁ *h₃épōs
    genitive *h₃épesos *? *h₃épesoHom
    ablative *h₃épesos *? *h₃épesmos, *h₃épesbʰos
    dative *h₃épesey *? *h₃épesmos, *h₃épesbʰos
    locative *h₃épes, *h₃épesi *? *h₃épesu
    instrumental *h₃épesh₁ *? *h₃épesmis, *h₃épesbʰis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hápas
    • Proto-Italic: *opos[6] (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 121
    2. ^ Paul Kiparsky (17 December 2021), Compositional vs. Paradigmatic Approaches to Accent and Ablaut[1], page 12
    3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “hxópes-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 649
    4. ^ Andrew Ollett (2014), “Evidence of laryngeal coloring in Proto-Indo-Iranian”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics[2], volume 127, →ISSN, pages 152-153
    5. ^ Grestenberger, Laura (30 August 2023), “Sound Change and Analogy, Again: Brugmann's Law and the Hunt For O-Grades in Indo-Iranian”, in Transactions of the Philological Society[3], volume 122, number 1, John Wiley & Sons, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 97-98
    6. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “opus, -eris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 432

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