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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰéntis
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay”) + *-tis.
Noun
*gʷʰéntis f[1]
- striking, killing
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *gʷʰéntis | ||
| genitive | *gʷʰn̥téys | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *gʷʰéntis | *gʷʰéntih₁(e) | *gʷʰénteyes |
| vocative | *gʷʰénti | *gʷʰéntih₁(e) | *gʷʰénteyes |
| accusative | *gʷʰéntim | *gʷʰéntih₁(e) | *gʷʰéntims |
| genitive | *gʷʰn̥téys | *? | *gʷʰn̥téyoHom |
| ablative | *gʷʰn̥téys | *? | *gʷʰn̥tímos |
| dative | *gʷʰn̥téyey | *? | *gʷʰn̥tímos |
| locative | *gʷʰn̥téy, *gʷʰn̥tḗy | *? | *gʷʰn̥tísu |
| instrumental | *gʷʰn̥tíh₁ | *? | *gʷʰn̥tímis |
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *gunþiz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰátis
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰátiṣ
- Sanskrit: हति (háti)
- Proto-Iranian: *ǰánti
- Eastern Iranian:
- Avestan: 𐬘𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (jaiṇti)
- Southwestern Iranian:
- Old Persian: 𐎩𐎫𐎡𐎹 (jaⁿtiy, “to strike, defeat”) (root [Term?] (/ja(n)-/))
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (MHYTWN-n /zadan/) (root [script needed] (zn- /zan-/))
- Persian: زدن (zadan)
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (MHYTWN-n /zadan/) (root [script needed] (zn- /zan-/))
- Old Persian: 𐎩𐎫𐎡𐎹 (jaⁿtiy, “to strike, defeat”) (root [Term?] (/ja(n)-/))
- Eastern Iranian:
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *źʰátiṣ
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN