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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swéh₂dus
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *sweh₂d- + *-us.
Adjective
*swéh₂dus[1][2][3][4]
- sweet
- Synonym: *dléwkus
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *swéh₂dus | *suh₂déwih₂ | |
| genitive | *suh₂déws | *suh₂duyéh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swéh₂dus | *swéh₂duh₁(e) | *swéh₂dewes |
| vocative | *swéh₂du | *swéh₂duh₁(e) | *swéh₂dewes |
| accusative | *swéh₂dum | *swéh₂duh₁(e) | *swéh₂dums |
| genitive | *suh₂déws | *? | *suh₂déwoHom |
| ablative | *suh₂déws | *? | *suh₂dúmos |
| dative | *suh₂déwey | *? | *suh₂dúmos |
| locative | *suh₂déw, *suh₂déwi | *? | *suh₂dúsu |
| instrumental | *suh₂dúh₁ | *? | *suh₂dúmis |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *suh₂déwih₂ | *suh₂déwih₂h₁(e) | *suh₂déwih₂es |
| vocative | *suh₂déwih₂ | *suh₂déwih₂h₁(e) | *suh₂déwih₂es |
| accusative | *suh₂déwih₂m̥ | *suh₂déwih₂h₁(e) | *suh₂déwih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *suh₂duyéh₂s | *? | *suh₂duyéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *suh₂duyéh₂s | *? | *suh₂duyéh₂mos |
| dative | *suh₂duyéh₂ey | *? | *suh₂duyéh₂mos |
| locative | *suh₂duyéh₂, *suh₂duyéh₂i | *? | *suh₂duyéh₂su |
| instrumental | *suh₂duyéh₂h₁ | *? | *suh₂duyéh₂mis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *swéh₂du | *swéh₂dwih₁ | *swéh₂duh₂ |
| vocative | *swéh₂du | *swéh₂dwih₁ | *swéh₂duh₂ |
| accusative | *swéh₂du | *swéh₂dwih₁ | *swéh₂duh₂ |
| genitive | *suh₂déws | *? | *suh₂déwoHom |
| ablative | *suh₂déws | *? | *suh₂dúmos |
| dative | *suh₂déwey | *? | *suh₂dúmos |
| locative | *suh₂déw, *suh₂déwi | *? | *suh₂dúsu |
| instrumental | *suh₂dúh₁ | *? | *suh₂dúmis |
Descendants
- Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: քաղցր (kʿałcʿr) (partially)
- Proto-Celtic: *swādus (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *swōtuz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *hwādús (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swáHduš (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *swādwis (see there for further descendants)
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “suāvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 594
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἡδύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*swādu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 360