Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/snóygʷʰos

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 *sneygʷʰ- +‎ *-os (“thematic performance/action noun”). Compare the root noun *snígʷʰs.

Noun

*snóygʷʰos m

snow
Synonyms: *ǵʰéyōm (also “winter”), *snígʷʰs

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*snóygʷʰos
genitive	*snóygʷʰosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*snóygʷʰos	*snóygʷʰoh₁	*snóygʷʰoes
vocative	*snóygʷʰe	*snóygʷʰoh₁	*snóygʷʰoes
accusative	*snóygʷʰom	*snóygʷʰoh₁	*snóygʷʰoms
genitive	*snóygʷʰosyo	*?	*snóygʷʰoHom
ablative	*snóygʷʰead	*?	*snóygʷʰomos
dative	*snóygʷʰoey	*?	*snóygʷʰomos
locative	snóygʷʰey, snóygʷʰoy	*?	*snóygʷʰoysu
instrumental	*snóygʷʰoh₁	*?	*snóygʷʰōys

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *snáigas (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *snaiwaz (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *snáyǰʰas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *snáyźʰas
  - Sanskrit: स्नेह (snéha, “greasiness, slime; body fluid, etc.”)
  - Prakrit: siṇēha ("snow")

References

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