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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pléth₂os
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *pleth₂- (“flat”) + *-os.
Noun
*pléth₂os n (oblique stem *pléth₂es-)[1][2][3]
- breadth
Inflection
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *pléth₂os | ||
| genitive | *pléth₂esos | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *pléth₂os | *pléth₂esih₁ | *pléth₂ōs |
| vocative | *pléth₂os | *pléth₂esih₁ | *pléth₂ōs |
| accusative | *pléth₂os | *pléth₂esih₁ | *pléth₂ōs |
| genitive | *pléth₂esos | *? | *pléth₂esoHom |
| ablative | *pléth₂esos | *? | *pléth₂esmos |
| dative | *pléth₂esey | *? | *pléth₂esmos |
| locative | *pléth₂es, *pléth₂esi | *? | *pléth₂esu |
| instrumental | *pléth₂esh₁ | *? | *pléth₂esbʰi |
Descendants
- Celtic: *ɸletos (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic: (the first vowel by analogy with πλᾰτύς (platús))
- Ancient Greek: πλᾰ́τος (plátos)
- Indo-Iranian: *prátʰas (see there for further descendants)
References
- Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*pleth₂-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 564-566
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 83, 133, 539
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πλατύς”, 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, page 1205