< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)ḱeh₃ih₂
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *(s)ḱeh₃- (“darkness, shadow”).
Noun
*(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ f[1]
- shadow, shade
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ | ||
| genitive | *(s)ḱh₃yéh₂sos | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ | — | — |
| vocative | *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ | — | — |
| accusative | *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂m̥ | — | — |
| genitive | *(s)ḱh₃yéh₂sos | — | — |
| ablative | *(s)ḱh₃yéh₂sos | — | — |
| dative | *(s)ḱh₃yéh₂sey | — | — |
| locative | *(s)ḱh₃yéh₂s, *(s)ḱh₃yéh₂si | — | — |
| instrumental | *(s)ḱh₃yéh₂sh₁ | — | — |
Descendants
- Albanian: hije (“shadow, shade; darkness”)
- Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
- Latvian: seja *seĩja (“face, shadow”)
- Hellenic: [Term?]
- Ancient Greek: σκιά (skiá) ~ σκῐᾶς (skiâs, “shadow, shade”)
- Indo-Iranian: *śćaHyáH (“shade”) (see there for further descendants)
- Tocharian: *skiya
- Tocharian B: [Term?] (skiyo, “shadow”)
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκιά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1351-1352