Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵómbʰos

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 *ǵembʰ- (to bite, chomp) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*ǵómbʰos m (non-ablauting)[1]

  1. tooth
    Synonym: *h₃dónts
  2. row of teeth
  3. peg

Inflection

Thematic
singular
nominative *ǵómbʰos
genitive *ǵómbʰosyo
singular dual plural
nominative *ǵómbʰos *ǵómbʰoh₁ *ǵómbʰoes
vocative *ǵómbʰe *ǵómbʰoh₁ *ǵómbʰoes
accusative *ǵómbʰom *ǵómbʰoh₁ *ǵómbʰoms
genitive *ǵómbʰosyo *? *ǵómbʰoHom
ablative *ǵómbʰead *? *ǵómbʰomos, *ǵómbʰobʰos
dative *ǵómbʰoey *? *ǵómbʰomos, *ǵómbʰobʰos
locative *ǵómbʰey, *ǵómbʰoy *? *ǵómbʰoysu
instrumental *ǵómbʰoh₁ *? *ǵómbʰōys

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *dzamba
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źámbas (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *kambaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *gómpʰos (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ámbʰas (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *keme (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:

Further reading

References

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