Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-wénts

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

Suffix

*(Ø)-wénts

Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems.

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*(Ø)-wénts	*(Ø)-wéntih₂
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-wénts	*(Ø)-wénth₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntes
vocative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wénth₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntes
accusative	*(Ø)-wéntm̥	*(Ø)-wénth₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntm̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tóHom
ablative	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tmós, (Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
dative	*(Ø)-wn̥téy	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tmós, (Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
locative	(Ø)-wént, (Ø)-wénti	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tsú
instrumental	*(Ø)-wn̥téh₁	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tmís, (Ø)-wn̥tbʰís
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-wéntih₂	*(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntih₂es
vocative	*(Ø)-wéntih₂	*(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntih₂es
accusative	*(Ø)-wéntih₂m̥	*(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntih₂m̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂oHom
ablative	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mos, (Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂bʰos
dative	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂ey	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mos, (Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂bʰos
locative	(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂, (Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂i	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂su
instrumental	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂h₁	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mis, (Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂bʰis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wéntih₁	*(Ø)-wénth₂
vocative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wéntih₁	*(Ø)-wénth₂
accusative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wéntih₁	*(Ø)-wénth₂
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tóHom
ablative	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tmós, (Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
dative	*(Ø)-wn̥téy	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tmós, (Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
locative	(Ø)-wént, (Ø)-wénti	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tsú
instrumental	*(Ø)-wn̥téh₁	*?	(Ø)-wn̥tmís, (Ø)-wn̥tbʰís

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-wénts not found

*-went-to-s
- Proto-Italic:
  - ⇒ Latin: -ōsus

Descendants

Proto-Anatolian: *-wants (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *-wénts
- Ancient Greek: -εις (-eis)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-wánts
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-wánts
  - Sanskrit: -वान् (-vān), -वत् (-vat), -मत् (-mat)
    - Pali: -vant
    - → Bengali: -বান (-ban) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))
    - → Hindi: -वान (-vān) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))
- Proto-Iranian: *-wánts
  - Avestan: -𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (-uuan) (for example: 𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (ašauuan, “follower of order”)
  - Persian: وند (vand)

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 355