Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/nisdós

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 *ni (“down”) + the root *sed- (“sit”) + *-ós. Literally "where [the bird] sits down".

    Noun

    *nisdós m (non-ablauting)[1][2]

    1. nest

    Inflection

    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *nisdós
    genitive *nisdósyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *nisdós *nisdóh₁ *nisdóes
    vocative *nisdé *nisdóh₁ *nisdóes
    accusative *nisdóm *nisdóh₁ *nisdóms
    genitive *nisdósyo *? *nisdóHom
    ablative *nisdéad *? *nisdómos, *nisdóbʰos
    dative *nisdóey *? *nisdómos, *nisdóbʰos
    locative *nisdéy, *nisdóy *? *nisdóysu
    instrumental *nisdóh₁ *? *nisdṓys

    Descendants

    • Proto-Albanian: *nezda
    • Armenian:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *nísda (< *nisdás) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *nizdos (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *nestą (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *niždás (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *nizdos (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 591
    2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 18
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