Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pértus

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 *per- (to fare) +‎ *-tus.

    Noun

    *pértus m (oblique stem *pr̥téw-)[1]

    1. crossing

    Inflection

    Athematic, proterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *pértus
    genitive *pr̥téws
    singular dual plural
    nominative *pértus *pértuh₁(e) *pértewes
    vocative *pértu *pértuh₁(e) *pértewes
    accusative *pértum *pértuh₁(e) *pértums
    genitive *pr̥téws *? *pr̥téwoHom
    ablative *pr̥téws *? *pr̥túmos, *pr̥túbʰos
    dative *pr̥téwey *? *pr̥túmos, *pr̥túbʰos
    locative *pr̥téw, *pr̥téwi *? *pr̥túsu
    instrumental *pr̥túh₁ *? *pr̥túmis, *pr̥túbʰis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Celtic: *ɸritus (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *ferþuz (inlet, fjord) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *furduz (ford) (see there for further descendants) (from the oblique stem, apparently had already become a separate word in Germanic)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pr̥túš
      • Proto-Iranian: *pr̥túš (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *portus (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 113