Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ih₂

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 *-h₂.

Suffix

*(é)-ih₂ f

Feminizes athematic nominal stems.

Usage notes

This type of feminine noun is known as the देवी (devī) type in Indo-Europeanist literature.

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*(é)-ih₂
genitive	*(Ø)-yéh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(é)-ih₂	*(é)-ih₂h₁(e)	*(é)-ih₂es
vocative	*(é)-ih₂	*(é)-ih₂h₁(e)	*(é)-ih₂es
accusative	*(é)-ih₂m̥	*(é)-ih₂h₁(e)	*(é)-ih₂m̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-yéh₂s	*?	*(Ø)-yéh₂oHom
ablative	*(Ø)-yéh₂s	*?	(Ø)-yéh₂mos, (Ø)-yéh₂bʰos
dative	*(Ø)-yéh₂ey	*?	(Ø)-yéh₂mos, (Ø)-yéh₂bʰos
locative	(Ø)-yéh₂, (Ø)-yéh₂i	*?	*(Ø)-yéh₂su
instrumental	*(Ø)-yéh₂h₁	*?	(Ø)-yéh₂mis, (Ø)-yéh₂bʰis

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-ih₂

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/déywih₂

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénh₁trih₂

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/néptih₂

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)ḱeh₃ih₂

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/steríh₂s

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-trih₂

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wl̥kʷíh₂s

Related terms

*-éh₂

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *-jā
- Albanian: -e
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-īˀ
- Proto-Slavic: *-i
- ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *-ica
Proto-Celtic: *-ī
Proto-Germanic: *-ī/*-jō
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-iH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-iH
  - Sanskrit: -ई (-ī)
- Proto-Iranian: *-iH
  - Avestan: -𐬍 (-ī) (e.g. 𐬀𐬤𐬵𐬍 (aŋᵛhī, “lady”) is a feminine form of 𐬀𐬵𐬎 (ahu, “lord”))
Proto-Tocharian: *-ā
- Tocharian A: -ā
- Tocharian B: -ā, -a
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: -ιᾰ (-iă), -σσᾰ (-ssă), -ττᾰ (-ttă), -V̄ρᾰ (-V̄ră), -ινᾰ (-ină), -ιρᾰ (-iră), -ζᾰ (-ză)

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350