Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-trom
Proto-Indo-European
Alternative forms
- *-dʰlom, *-dʰrom (typically occurring with roots ending in *-h₁ or *-h₂. See e.g. Latin fābula from root *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”))
- *-tlom
Etymology
Thematicized from the zero-grade of *-tḗr.
Originally the neuter gender of some adjective *-tros meaning "of the doer, of doing". Of note is the similar development later exercised by daughter languages (e.g. Latin -tor > -tōrius (“of the doer, of doing”) > -tōrium (“thing/ place of the doer”)).
Suffix
*(é)-trom n
- Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.
Inflection
| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *(é)-trom | ||
| genitive | *(é)-trosyo | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
| vocative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
| accusative | *(é)-trom | *(é)-troy(h₁) | *(é)-treh₂ |
| genitive | *(é)-trosyo | *? | *(é)-troHom |
| ablative | *(é)-tread | *? | *(é)-tromos, *(é)-trobʰos |
| dative | *(é)-troey | *? | *(é)-tromos, *(é)-trobʰos |
| locative | *(é)-trey, *(é)-troy | *? | *(é)-troysu |
| instrumental | *(é)-troh₁ | *? | *(é)-trōys |
Derived terms
Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-trom
Descendants
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *-trom
- Proto-Celtic: *-trom
- Proto-Brythonic: *-dr
- Old Irish: -thar
- Gaulish: -tron
- Proto-Germanic: *-þrą (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *-tron
- Ancient Greek: -τρον (-tron) (see there for further descendants)
- Mycenaean Greek: -𐀵𐀫 (-to-ro /-tron/)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-tram
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tram
- Sanskrit: -त्र (-tra)
- Proto-Iranian: *-θra
- Avestan: -𐬙𐬭𐬀 (-tra), -𐬛𐬭𐬀 (-dra), -𐬚𐬭𐬀 (-θra)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tram
- Proto-Italic: *-trom
- Latin: -trum
References
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61
- OLSEN (1989)