Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tépos

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 *tep- (be warm, be hot) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*tépos n (oblique stem *tépes-)

  1. heat, warmth

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *tépos
genitive *tépesos
singular dual plural
nominative *tépos *tépesih₁ *tépōs
vocative *tépos *tépesih₁ *tépōs
accusative *tépos *tépesih₁ *tépōs
genitive *tépesos *? *tépesoHom
ablative *tépesos *? *tépesmos, *tépesbʰos
dative *tépesey *? *tépesmos, *tépesbʰos
locative *tépes, *tépesi *? *tépesu
instrumental *tépesh₁ *? *tépesmis, *tépesbʰis

Derived terms

  • *teps-ró-m
    • Proto-Italic: *tepsrom (see there for further descendants)
  • *tep(e)s-mi-[1]
    • Proto-Celtic: *teɸesmis (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *teɸsmiyā

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *tápas (see there for further descendants)
  • (perhaps) Italic: *tepos

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*tefesmi-, *tefnet-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 375