Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pḱtḗn

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

A derivative of *peḱ- (“to pluck”).

Noun

*pḱtḗn m^[1]^[2]

comb

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*pḱtḗn
genitive	*pḱtnés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pḱtḗn	*pḱténh₁(e)	*pḱténes
vocative	*pḱtén	*pḱténh₁(e)	*pḱténes
accusative	*pḱténm̥	*pḱténh₁(e)	*pḱténm̥s
genitive	*pḱtnés	*?	*pḱtnóHom
ablative	*pḱtnés	*?	pḱtn̥mós, pḱtn̥bʰós
dative	*pḱtnéy	*?	pḱtn̥mós, pḱtn̥bʰós
locative	pḱtén, pḱténi	*?	*pḱtn̥sú
instrumental	*pḱtnéh₁	*?	pḱtn̥mís, pḱtn̥bʰís

Alternative reconstructions

*pḱḗn^[3]
*péḱtō^[4]

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *kténs
- Ancient Greek: κτείς (kteís) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pćā́
- Proto-Iranian: *fšā́ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *pekten (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Klingenschmitt, Gert (2008), “Lit. úošvis”, in Baltistica, volume 43, number 3, pages 405-430
^ Schaffner, Stefan (2005), Untersuchungen zu ausgewählten Problemen der nominalen Morphologie und der Etymologie der altindogermanischen Sprachen [Investigations into Selected Problems of Nominal Morphology and Etymology in Old Indo-European Languages]‎^[1], Regensburg: University of Regensburg
^ Matasović, Ranko (2017), “Latin presents in -t- and the etymologies of necto ‘to weave, bind’ and flecto ‘to bend, curve’”, in Pallas‎^[2], volume 103, Presses Universitaires du Midi, pages 37-43
^ Höfler, Stefan (2017), Der Stier, der Stärke hat. Possessive Adjektive und ihre Substantivierung im Indogermanischen [The Bull, It Has the Strength. Possessive Adjectives and Their Nominalizations in Indo-European]‎^[3], Vienna: University of Vienna, page 188

[1] Klingenschmitt, Gert (2008), “Lit. úošvis”, in Baltistica, volume 43, number 3, pages 405-430

[2] Schaffner, Stefan (2005), Untersuchungen zu ausgewählten Problemen der nominalen Morphologie und der Etymologie der altindogermanischen Sprachen [Investigations into Selected Problems of Nominal Morphology and Etymology in Old Indo-European Languages]‎^[1], Regensburg: University of Regensburg

[3] Matasović, Ranko (2017), “Latin presents in -t- and the etymologies of necto ‘to weave, bind’ and flecto ‘to bend, curve’”, in Pallas‎^[2], volume 103, Presses Universitaires du Midi, pages 37-43

[4] Höfler, Stefan (2017), Der Stier, der Stärke hat. Possessive Adjektive und ihre Substantivierung im Indogermanischen [The Bull, It Has the Strength. Possessive Adjectives and Their Nominalizations in Indo-European]‎^[3], Vienna: University of Vienna, page 188

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