Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-i

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

Possibly from a particle *i (“here”) and related to *í- (“this”).[1]

Suffix

*-i[1]

  1. Adverbial suffix with locative meaning
  2. Athematic nominal ending of locative singular[2]

Usage notes

This suffix was often optional, both as adverbial suffix and as nominal ending.

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-i
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péri

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dunkel, George E. (2014) “*-i”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 1: Einleitung, Terminologie, Lautgesetze, Adverbialendungen, Nominalsuffixe, Anhänge und Indices, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 133-136
  2. ^ Lundquist, Jesse, Yates, Anthony D. (2017–2018) “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The morphology of Proto-Indo-European, page 2085
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