Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/néptih₂

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

Etymology

From the noun *népōts (“grandson”) +‎ *-ih₂ (athematic feminine suffix).

Noun

*néptih₂ f

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*néptih₂
genitive	*neptyéh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*néptih₂	*néptih₂h₁(e)	*néptih₂es
vocative	*néptih₂	*néptih₂h₁(e)	*néptih₂es
accusative	*néptih₂m̥	*néptih₂h₁(e)	*néptih₂m̥s
genitive	*neptyéh₂s	*?	*neptyéh₂oHom
ablative	*neptyéh₂s	*?	neptyéh₂mos, neptyéh₂bʰos
dative	*neptyéh₂ey	*?	neptyéh₂mos, neptyéh₂bʰos
locative	neptyéh₂, neptyéh₂i	*?	*neptyéh₂su
instrumental	*neptyéh₂h₁	*?	neptyéh₂mis, neptyéh₂bʰis

Descendants

Proto-Celtic: *nextī (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *niftiz (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náptiH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *naptíH
  - Sanskrit: नप्ती (naptī́)
- Proto-Iranian: *náptiH
  - Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬍 (naptī)
Proto-Italic: *neptis
- Latin: neptis (see there for further descendants)

References

Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 213