Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/tʰehós

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

Thematicized form of Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god; sacred place”), from the root *dʰeh₁- (“put”).^[1]

Noun

*tʰehós m

god, deity

Inflection

O-stem, masc./fem.
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tʰehós	*tʰehṓ	*tʰehói
vocative	*tʰehé	*tʰehṓ	*tʰehói
accusative	*tʰehón	*tʰehṓ	*tʰehóns
genitive	*tʰehóyyo	*tʰehóyyun	*tʰehṓn
dative	*tʰehṓi	*tʰehóyyun	*tʰehóis
locative	*tʰehói, -éi	—	*tʰehóihi
instrumental	*tʰehṓ	—	*tʰehṓis

Descendants

Mycenaean Greek: 𐀳𐀃 (te-o)
Ancient Greek: θεός (theós), θέος (théos) — Lesbian, θεύς (theús) — Doric, θιός (thiós) — Boeotian, Arcadocypriot, θιός (thiós), σιός (siós) — Laconian
- Boeotian: θῐός (thĭós)
- Cypriot, Cretan: θιός (thiós)
- Doric: θεύς (theús)
- → English: theo-
- → French: théo-
- Greek: θεός (theós)
- → Italian: teo-
- Laconic: σῐός (sĭós)
- → Spanish: teo-
- → Portuguese: teo-
- Mariupol Greek: тъео́с (θjeós), тъего́с (θjehós)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 540

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