Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-nih₂

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

Etymology

From *-ō +‎ *-ih₂.

Suffix

*(é)-nih₂ f[1]

  1. Feminizes athematic nominal stems.

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *(é)-nih₂
genitive *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s
singular dual plural
nominative *(é)-nih₂ *(é)-nih₂h₁(e) *(é)-nih₂es
vocative *(é)-nih₂ *(é)-nih₂h₁(e) *(é)-nih₂es
accusative *(é)-nih₂m̥ *(é)-nih₂h₁(e) *(é)-nih₂m̥s
genitive *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s *? *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂oHom
ablative *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s *? *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mos, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰos
dative *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂ey *? *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mos, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰos
locative *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂i *? *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂su
instrumental *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂h₁ *? *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mis, *(Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰis

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-nih₂
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃rḗǵnih₂
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pótnih₂

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-ūnīˀ ~ *-unjāˀ
    • Proto-Slavic: *-ьňà
    • Proto-Slavic: *-yni (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *-inī ~ *-unjǭ (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277: “*-niH₂-”
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