Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wéydtōr

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 *weyd- (“to see”) +‎ *-tōr (agentive nominal suffix).

    Noun

    *wéydtōr m[1]

    1. one who has seen, one who knows

    Inflection

    Athematic, amphikinetic
    singular
    nominative *wéydtōr
    genitive *widtrés
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wéydtōr *wéydtorh₁(e) *wéydtores
    vocative *wéydtor *wéydtorh₁(e) *wéydtores
    accusative *wéydtorm̥ *wéydtorh₁(e) *wéydtorm̥s
    genitive *widtrés *? *widtróHom
    ablative *widtrés *? *widtr̥mós, *widtr̥bʰós
    dative *widtréy *? *widtr̥mós, *widtr̥bʰós
    locative *widtér, *widtéri *? *widtr̥sú
    instrumental *widtréh₁ *? *widtr̥mís, *widtr̥bʰís

    Descendants

    • Proto-Hellenic: *wístōr
      • Ancient Greek: ἴστωρ (ístōr), ἵστωρ (hístōr, “one who knows, witness”)
        Boeotian Greek: ϝίστωρ (wístōr)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáytˢtā
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáyttā
    • Proto-Italic: *weissōr

    References

    1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*u̯ei̯d-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 717-718
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