< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-wénts
 | 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
Suffix
*(Ø)-wénts
- Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems.
Inflection
| Athematic, hysterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *(Ø)-wénts | *(Ø)-wéntih₂ | |
| genitive | *(Ø)-wn̥tés | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *(Ø)-wénts | *(Ø)-wénth₁(e) | *(Ø)-wéntes |
| vocative | *(Ø)-wént | *(Ø)-wénth₁(e) | *(Ø)-wéntes |
| accusative | *(Ø)-wéntm̥ | *(Ø)-wénth₁(e) | *(Ø)-wéntm̥s |
| genitive | *(Ø)-wn̥tés | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tóHom |
| ablative | *(Ø)-wn̥tés | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tmós |
| dative | *(Ø)-wn̥téy | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tmós |
| locative | *(Ø)-wént, *(Ø)-wénti | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tsú |
| instrumental | *(Ø)-wn̥téh₁ | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tmís |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *(Ø)-wéntih₂ | *(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e) | *(Ø)-wéntih₂es |
| vocative | *(Ø)-wéntih₂ | *(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e) | *(Ø)-wéntih₂es |
| accusative | *(Ø)-wéntih₂m̥ | *(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e) | *(Ø)-wéntih₂m̥s |
| genitive | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mos |
| dative | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂ey | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mos |
| locative | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂, *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂i | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂su |
| instrumental | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂h₁ | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *(Ø)-wént | *(Ø)-wéntih₁ | *(Ø)-wénth₂ |
| vocative | *(Ø)-wént | *(Ø)-wéntih₁ | *(Ø)-wénth₂ |
| accusative | *(Ø)-wént | *(Ø)-wéntih₁ | *(Ø)-wénth₂ |
| genitive | *(Ø)-wn̥tés | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tóHom |
| ablative | *(Ø)-wn̥tés | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tmós |
| dative | *(Ø)-wn̥téy | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tmós |
| locative | *(Ø)-wént, *(Ø)-wénti | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tsú |
| instrumental | *(Ø)-wn̥téh₁ | *? | *(Ø)-wn̥tmís |
Derived terms
Category Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-wénts not found
- *-went-to-s
- Proto-Italic: *-ōsos
- ⇒ Latin: -ōsus
- Proto-Italic: *-ōsos
Descendants
- Proto-Anatolian: *-wants (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *-wénts
- Ancient Greek: -εις (-eis)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-wánts
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-wánts
- Sanskrit: -वान् (-vān), -वत् (-vat)
- Pali: -vant
- → Hindi: -वान (-vān) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))
- Sanskrit: -वान् (-vān), -वत् (-vat)
- Proto-Iranian: *-wánts
- Avestan: -𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (-uuan) (for example: 𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (ašauuan, “follower of order”)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-wánts
See also
- *-ménts
- *-ónts
- *-onts
- *-tós
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 355