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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/suHnús
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Proto-Indo-European
Alternative forms
- *suHyús
Etymology
u-stem derivation from the root *sewH- (“to give birth”), thus the original meaning being "birth, fruit of the body". Tocharian, Greek and Armenian reflect the -yu- derivation from the same root: *suHyús.
Noun
*suh₁nús or *suh₃nús m[1]
- son
Inflection
| A. Sihler's reconstruction | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nom. | *suHnús | *suHnéwes | |
| voc. | *suHnów | *suHnéwes | |
| acc. | *suHnúm | *suHnúms | |
| gen. | *suHnóws | *suHnéwom | |
| abl. | *suHnóws | *suHnúbʰ- | |
| dat. | *suHnéwey | *suHnúbʰ- | |
| loc. | *suHnḗw | *suHnúsu | |
| inst. | *suHnwéh₁ | *suHnúbʰ- | |
Related terms
- *méh₂tēr
- *ph₂tḗr
- *dʰugh₂tḗr
- *bʰréh₂tēr
- *swésōr
- *átta
Derived terms
- *suHnukikos
- Tocharian:
- Tocharian B: soṃśke
- Tocharian:
Descendants
- Balto-Slavic: *sū́ˀnus (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *sunuz (see there for further descendants)
- Indo-Iranian: *suHnúš (see there for further descendants)
References
- Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*suH-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 686-690