Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énh₂ts

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

*h₂énh₂tis[1]

Noun

*h₂énh₂ts f[2][3]

duck

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*h₂énh₂ts
genitive	*h₂n̥h₂tés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂énh₂ts	*h₂énh₂th₁(e)	*h₂énh₂tes
vocative	*h₂énh₂t	*h₂énh₂th₁(e)	*h₂énh₂tes
accusative	*h₂énh₂tm̥	*h₂énh₂th₁(e)	*h₂énh₂tm̥s
genitive	*h₂n̥h₂tés	*?	*h₂n̥h₂tóHom
ablative	*h₂n̥h₂tés	*?	*h₂n̥h₂tmós
dative	*h₂n̥h₂téy	*?	*h₂n̥h₂tmós
locative	h₂énh₂t, h₂énh₂ti	*?	*h₂n̥h₂tsú
instrumental	*h₂n̥h₂téh₁	*?	*h₂n̥h₂tmís

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *(a)nātjā[4]
- Old Albanian: *roça
  - Albanian: rosë
Armenian:[5]
- (perhaps) Old Armenian: անիդ (anid)
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *anˀtis[6][7]
- Lithuanian: ántis
- Old Prussian: antis
- Proto-Slavic: *ǫtь, *ǫty (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *anadz[3] (see there for further descendants)
(perhaps) Hellenic: *nāťťa (< *n̥h₂t-ih₂, apparently with lost laryngeal?)[8]
- Ancient Greek: νῆσσα (nêssa), νῆττα (nêtta), νᾶσσα (nâssa)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HaHtíš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HaHtíṣ
  - Sanskrit: आति (ātí) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *HaHtíš
  - Ossetian: ацц (acc) (< *HaHtí-čiH)
Proto-Italic: *anats[1]
- Latin: anas (see there for further descendants)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “anas”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41
Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*anad-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
Orel, Vladimir (1998), “rosë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anid”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 85-86
Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫty”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387
Derksen, Rick (2015), “antis II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “νῆσσα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1018-1019

[DV-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “anas”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 41

[2] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[Kroonen-3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*anad-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26

[4] Orel, Vladimir (1998), “rosë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 357

[5] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “anid”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 85-86

[6] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ǫty”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 387

[7] Derksen, Rick (2015), “antis II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57

[8] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “νῆσσα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1018-1019