Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱléwos

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 *ḱlew- (“to hear”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*ḱléwos n (oblique stem *ḱléwes-)^[1]^[2]

fame

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*ḱléwos
genitive	*ḱléwesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ḱléwos	*ḱléwesih₁	*ḱléwōs
vocative	*ḱléwos	*ḱléwesih₁	*ḱléwōs
accusative	*ḱléwos	*ḱléwesih₁	*ḱléwōs
genitive	*ḱléwesos	*?	*ḱléwesoHom
ablative	*ḱléwesos	*?	ḱléwesmos, ḱléwesbʰos
dative	*ḱléwesey	*?	ḱléwesmos, ḱléwesbʰos
locative	ḱléwes, ḱléwesi	*?	*ḱléwesu
instrumental	*ḱléwesh₁	*?	ḱléwesmis, ḱléwesbʰis

Derived terms

*ḱlew-ēs (< **ḱlew-es-s)
- Proto-Hellenic: *kléwēs
  - Ancient Greek: -κλέης (-kléēs, “fame, glory”), -κλῆς (-klês), used in Greek male given names, such as Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), Περικλῆς (Periklês)
- ⇒ *h₁su-ḱlewēs (literally “whose fame is good”)
  - Proto-Hellenic:
    - Ancient Greek: εὐκλεής (eukleḗs), Εὐκλῆς (Euklês)
  - Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hsućráwās (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ *h₁wesu-ḱlewēs (literally “whose fame is good”)^[3]
  - Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      - Sanskrit: वसुश्रवस् (vásuśravas)
  - Liburnian:
    - → Latin: Vescleves-
*ḱlewes-ye-ti
- Proto-Hellenic: *klewesyō^[4]
  - Ancient Greek: κλείω (kleíō), κλέω (kléō)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: श्रवस्यति (śravasyáti)

Descendants

⇒ Proto-Albanian: *klāusnja (denominative)^[5]
- Albanian: quaj
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ślawas (*ew > *ow / _V)^[6]^[7]
- Latvian: slava, slave (“rumor, reputation, fame”)
- Lithuanian: šlovė (“honor, respect, fame”)
- Proto-Slavic: *slȍvo (“word”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *klowos^[8] (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *hlewaz
- Proto-Norse: *ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᛉ (*hlewaʀ)
  - ⇒ Proto-Norse: ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (hlewagastiʀ)^[9]
Proto-Hellenic: *kléwos (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćráwas (see there for further descendants)
⇒ Proto-Tocharian: [Term?] (literally “name and fame”) (+ *ñēmä (“name”), from *h₁nómn̥)
- Tocharian A: ñomklyu (“fame”)
- Tocharian B: ñemkälywe (“fame”)

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 425-426
^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976), Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 172: “*wesu-ḱlewes”
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κλέος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 712-713
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “quaj ~ quej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 210–211
^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010), Indo-european language and culture: an introduction, 2nd edition, Wiley, →ISBN, page 350

[Ringe_2006-1] Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎^[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[2] Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 425-426

[3] Katičić, Radoslav (1976), Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 172: “*wesu-ḱlewes”

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κλέος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 712-713

[5] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “quaj ~ quej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 363

[6] Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 452

[7] Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454

[8] Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 210–211

[9] Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010), Indo-european language and culture: an introduction, 2nd edition, Wiley, →ISBN, page 350

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