Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-is
Proto-Indo-European
Suffix
*(ó)-is f[1]
- Forms nouns from verbs.
- Forms nouns from thematic adjectives.
Inflection
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *(ó)-is | ||
| genitive | *(é)-is | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *(ó)-is | *(ó)-ih₁(e) | *(ó)-eyes |
| vocative | *(ó)-i | *(ó)-ih₁(e) | *(ó)-eyes |
| accusative | *(ó)-im | *(ó)-ih₁(e) | *(ó)-ims |
| genitive | *(é)-is | *? | *(é)-yoHom |
| ablative | *(é)-is | *? | *(é)-imos, *(é)-ibʰos |
| dative | *(é)-yey | *? | *(é)-imos, *(é)-ibʰos |
| locative | *(é)-i | *? | *(é)-isu |
| instrumental | *(é)-ih₁ | *? | *(é)-imis, *(é)-ibʰis |
| Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *(ó)-is | ||
| genitive | *(Ø)-éys | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *(ó)-is | *(ó)-ih₁(e) | *(ó)-eyes |
| vocative | *(ó)-i | *(ó)-ih₁(e) | *(ó)-eyes |
| accusative | *(ó)-im | *(ó)-ih₁(e) | *(ó)-ims |
| genitive | *(Ø)-éys | *? | *(Ø)-éyoHom |
| ablative | *(Ø)-éys | *? | *(Ø)-ímos, *(Ø)-íbʰos |
| dative | *(Ø)-éyey | *? | *(Ø)-ímos, *(Ø)-íbʰos |
| locative | *(Ø)-éy, *(Ø)-ḗy | *? | *(Ø)-ísu |
| instrumental | *(Ø)-íh₁ | *? | *(Ø)-ímis, *(Ø)-íbʰis |
Derived terms
Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-is
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-is
- Proto-Germanic: *-iz
- Proto-Italic: *-is
- Latin: -is
- Proto-Hellenic: *-is
- Ancient Greek: -ις (-is) (possibly; Furnée and Beekes consider it Pre-Greek)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-iš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-iṣ
- Sanskrit: -इ (-i) (nom. sg. इः (iḥ))
- Proto-Iranian: *-iš
- Avestan: -𐬌 (-i) (nom. sg. -𐬌𐬱 (-iš))
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-iṣ
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011) Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 198, 202