Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-s

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

Nominal suffixes

Suffix

    *(é)-s f[1]

    1. Derives feminine mobile-accented root nouns from roots.
    Inflection
    Athematic, hysterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *(é)-s
    genitive *(Ø)-és
    singular dual plural
    nominative *(é)-s *(é)-h₁(e) *(é)-es
    vocative *(é)- *(é)-h₁(e) *(é)-es
    accusative *(é)-m̥ *(é)-h₁(e) *(é)-m̥s
    genitive *(Ø)-és *? *(Ø)-óHom
    ablative *(Ø)-és *? *(Ø)-mós, *(Ø)-bʰós
    dative *(Ø)-éy *? *(Ø)-mós, *(Ø)-bʰós
    locative *(é)-, *(é)-i *? *(Ø)-sú
    instrumental *(Ø)-éh₁ *? *(Ø)-mís, *(Ø)-bʰís
    Derived terms

    Suffix

      *(ó)-s f[1]

      1. Derives feminine acrostatic root nouns from roots.
      Inflection
      Athematic, acrostatic
      singular
      nominative *(ó)-s
      genitive *(é)-s
      singular dual plural
      nominative *(ó)-s *(ó)-h₁(e) *(ó)-es
      vocative *(ó)- *(ó)-h₁(e) *(ó)-es
      accusative *(ó)-m̥ *(ó)-h₁(e) *(ó)-m̥s
      genitive *(é)-s *? *(é)-oHom
      ablative *(é)-s *? *(é)-mos, *(é)-bʰos
      dative *(é)-ey *? *(é)-mos, *(é)-bʰos
      locative *(é)-, *(é)-i *? *(é)-su
      instrumental *(é)-h₁ *? *(é)-mis, *(é)-bʰis
      Derived terms

      Suffix

        *(ḗ)-s n[1][2]

        1. Derives neuter Narten-type acrostatic root nouns from roots.
        Inflection
        Athematic, acrostatic
        singular
        nominative *(ḗ)-s
        genitive *(é)-os
        singular dual plural
        nominative *(ḗ)-s *(é)-h₁(e) *(é)-es
        vocative *(é)- *(é)-h₁(e) *(é)-es
        accusative *(é)-m̥ *(é)-h₁(e) *(é)-m̥s
        genitive *(é)-os *? *(é)-ooHom
        ablative *(é)-os *? *(é)-omos, *(é)-obʰos
        dative *(é)-oey *? *(é)-omos, *(é)-obʰos
        locative *(é)-o, *(é)-oy *? *(é)-osu
        instrumental *(é)-oh₁ *? *(é)-omis, *(é)-obʰis
        Derived terms
        Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-s (lengthened acrostatic)

        Suffix

          *(ṓ)-s m[1][2]

          1. Derives masculine acrostatic root nouns with lengthened o-grade nominative singular from roots.
          Inflection
          Athematic, amphikinetic
          singular
          nominative *(ṓ)-s
          genitive *(e)-és
          singular dual plural
          nominative *(ṓ)-s *(ó)-h₁(e) *(ó)-es
          vocative *(ó)- *(ó)-h₁(e) *(ó)-es
          accusative *(ó)-m̥ *(ó)-h₁(e) *(ó)-m̥s
          genitive *(e)-és *? *(e)-óHom
          ablative *(e)-és *? *(e)-mós, *(e)-bʰós
          dative *(e)-éy *? *(e)-mós, *(e)-bʰós
          locative *(ó)-, *(ó)-i *? *(e)-sú
          instrumental *(e)-éh₁ *? *(e)-mís, *(e)-bʰís
          Derived terms

          Descendants

          • Ancient Greek: (-s)
          • Latin: -s

          Adverbial suffix

            *-s[3]

            1. Forms adverbs from roots and (pleonastically) from other adverbs.

            Derived terms

            Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-s (adverbial)

            Descendants

            References

            1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 47
            2. 2.0 2.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 334-337
            3. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) 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 167-173