Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénh₁tis
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
From *ǵenh₁- (“to produce; to beget, give birth”) + *-tis (abstract or action suffix).
Alternative reconstructions
- *gń̥h₁tis[1]
Noun
*ǵénh₁tis f
Inflection
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *ǵénh₁tis | ||
| genitive | *ǵn̥h₁téys | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ǵénh₁tis | *ǵénh₁tih₁(e) | *ǵénh₁teyes |
| vocative | *ǵénh₁ti | *ǵénh₁tih₁(e) | *ǵénh₁teyes |
| accusative | *ǵénh₁tim | *ǵénh₁tih₁(e) | *ǵénh₁tims |
| genitive | *ǵn̥h₁téys | *? | *ǵn̥h₁téyoHom |
| ablative | *ǵn̥h₁téys | *? | *ǵn̥h₁tímos, *ǵn̥h₁tíbʰos |
| dative | *ǵn̥h₁téyey | *? | *ǵn̥h₁tímos, *ǵn̥h₁tíbʰos |
| locative | *ǵn̥h₁téy, *ǵn̥h₁tḗy | *? | *ǵn̥h₁tísu |
| instrumental | *ǵn̥h₁tíh₁ | *? | *ǵn̥h₁tímis, *ǵn̥h₁tíbʰis |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-Albanian: *dzenti
- Albanian: dhênd
- Albanian: dhen
- Albanian: dhênd
- >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źénˀtis, *źénˀtas (or from (or conflated with) *ǵemH-) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *kinþiz, *kundiz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *génetis
- Ancient Greek: γένεσις (génesis) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́áHtiš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́aHtíṣ
- Sanskrit: जाति (jātí) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Iranian: *jáHtiš
- Proto-Iranian: *Hhu-jáHtiš (“good family, birth”) (C.f. Sanskrit: सुजाति (sujāti, “good tribe or race”)) [2]
- Old Persian: 𐎢𐏀𐎫𐎡 (u-z-t-i /<h>Uzati/, “Uzati, a Parthian city, (lit) Good-Family”)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hhu-jáHtiš (“good family, birth”) (C.f. Sanskrit: सुजाति (sujāti, “good tribe or race”)) [2]
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́aHtíṣ
- Proto-Italic: *gentis
- Latin: gēns (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004, 2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, Oxford: Blackwell, page 229
- ^ huztay,Christian Bartholomae, Altiranisches Wörterbuch.