Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-teh₂

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

    • *-téh₂

    Suffix

    *-teh₂ f[1]

    1. Used to form nouns representing state of being
      ‎*ḱley- (“to lean, slope”) + ‎*-teh₂ → ‎*ḱleytéh₂ (“something leaning, sloped, inclined”)

    Inflection

    Thematic in *-eh₂
    singular
    nominative *-teh₂
    genitive *-teh₂s
    singular dual plural
    nominative *-teh₂ — —
    vocative *-teh₂ — —
    accusative *-tām — —
    genitive *-teh₂s — —
    ablative *-teh₂s — —
    dative *-teh₂ey — —
    locative *-teh₂, *-teh₂i — —
    instrumental *-teh₂h₁ — —

    Derived terms

    Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-teh₂
    Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂yuHn̥téh₂
    Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱleytéh₂
    Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tewtéh₂

    Descendants

    • Proto-Germanic: *-iþō (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-taH
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-taH
      • Proto-Iranian: *-taH
        • Avestan: -𐬚𐬁 (-θā) (for example: 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬚𐬁 (gaēθā, “world, living substance”) from 𐬔𐬀𐬉 (gaē, “to live”))

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006), From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61
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