Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰonós

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.

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰónos

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *gʷʰen- (“to strike”) +‎ *-ós (agentive suffix).

Noun

*gʷʰonós m^[1]

striker

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*gʷʰonós
genitive	*gʷʰonósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷʰonós	*gʷʰonóh₁	*gʷʰonóes
vocative	*gʷʰoné	*gʷʰonóh₁	*gʷʰonóes
accusative	*gʷʰonóm	*gʷʰonóh₁	*gʷʰonóms
genitive	*gʷʰonósyo	*?	*gʷʰonóHom
ablative	*gʷʰonéad	*?	gʷʰonómos, gʷʰonóbʰos
dative	*gʷʰonóey	*?	gʷʰonómos, gʷʰonóbʰos
locative	gʷʰonéy, gʷʰonóy	*?	*gʷʰonóysu
instrumental	*gʷʰonóh₁	*?	*gʷʰonṓys

Descendants

Balto-Slavic:
- Latgalian: gons
- Latvian: gans (“herdsman, shepherd”)
- Lithuanian: gãnas (“herdsman”) (dialectal)
- Proto-Slavic: *-gonъ (in compounds)
  - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *běsogonъ (“evil-chaser”)
  - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *vixъrogonъ, *větrogonъ (“wind-chaser”)
Proto-Celtic: *gʷonos (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gʰanás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gʰanás
  - Sanskrit: घन (ghaná, “destroyer, murderer; slaying, murder”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Nussbaum, Alan (2017) “Agentive and Other Derivatives of “τόμος-Type” Nouns”, in Claire Le Feuvre, Daniel Petit and Georges-Jean Pinault, editors, Verbal Adjectives and Participles in Indo-European Languages. Proceedings of the Arbeitstagung of the Indo-European Society, Paris, 24–26 September 2014, Bremen: Hempen, pages 237-238

[1] Nussbaum, Alan (2017) “Agentive and Other Derivatives of “τόμος-Type” Nouns”, in Claire Le Feuvre, Daniel Petit and Georges-Jean Pinault, editors, Verbal Adjectives and Participles in Indo-European Languages. Proceedings of the Arbeitstagung of the Indo-European Society, Paris, 24–26 September 2014, Bremen: Hempen, pages 237-238

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