Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tlom

< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tlom

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

Alternative forms

• *-dʰlom, *-dʰrom, *-trom

Suffix

*-tlom n

1. Alternative form of *-trom

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*-tlom
genitive	*-tlosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-tlom	*-tloy(h₁)	*-tleh₂
vocative	*-tlom	*-tloy(h₁)	*-tleh₂
accusative	*-tlom	*-tloy(h₁)	*-tleh₂
genitive	*-tlosyo	*?	*-tloHom
ablative	*-tlead	*?	*-tlomos
dative	*-tloey	*?	*-tlomos
locative	*-tley, *-tloy	*?	*-tloysu
instrumental	*-tloh₁	*?	*-tlōys

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-European nouns suffixed with *-tlom not found

Descendants

• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-sla(s)
  • Proto-Slavic: *-slo
• Proto-Celtic: *-tlom
• Proto-Germanic: *-ilaz (merged with *-dʰlom via Verner's law) (see there for further descendants)[1]
• Proto-Hellenic: *-tlon
  • Ancient Greek: -τλον (-tlon)
• Proto-Italic: *-klom
  • Latin: -clum
  • Latin: -culum (by anaptyxis)
  • Latin: -crum
  • Latin: -ulum

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2017), “The development of the Proto-Indo-European instrumental suffix in Germanic”, in Indogermanische Forschungen‎, volume 122, issue 1, DOI:10.1515/if-2017-0005, ISSN 0019-7262, pages 105-110