Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swós

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 *swé.

Determiner

*swós[1][2][3]

  1. possessive adjective of *swé: (one's) own; his, her, its
    Synonym: *sewós
    Coordinate terms: *mós, *twós

Inflection

Thematic
masculine feminine
nominative *swós *swéh₂
genitive *swósyo *swéh₂s
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *swós *swóh₁ *swóes
vocative *swé *swóh₁ *swóes
accusative *swóm *swóh₁ *swóms
genitive *swósyo *? *swóHom
ablative *swéad *? *swómos, *swóbʰos
dative *swóey *? *swómos, *swóbʰos
locative *swéy, *swóy *? *swóysu
instrumental *swóh₁ *? *swṓys
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *swéh₂ *swéh₂h₁(e) *swéh₂es
vocative *swéh₂ *swéh₂h₁(e) *swéh₂es
accusative *swā́m *swéh₂h₁(e) *swéh₂m̥s
genitive *swéh₂s *? *swéh₂oHom
ablative *swéh₂s *? *swéh₂mos, *swéh₂bʰos
dative *swéh₂ey *? *swéh₂mos, *swéh₂bʰos
locative *swéh₂, *swéh₂i *? *swéh₂su
instrumental *swéh₂h₁ *? *swéh₂mis, *swéh₂bʰis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *swóm *swóy(h₁) *swéh₂
vocative *swóm *swóy(h₁) *swéh₂
accusative *swóm *swóy(h₁) *swéh₂
genitive *swósyo *? *swóHom
ablative *swéad *? *swómos, *swóbʰos
dative *swóey *? *swómos, *swóbʰos
locative *swéy, *swóy *? *swóysu
instrumental *swóh₁ *? *swṓys

Descendants

  • >? Proto-Albanian: *wa[4]
    • Albanian: u
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *swajas
    • Old Prussian: swais
    • Proto-Slavic: *svojь (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ὅς (hós), ϝός (wós, his, her, its)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swás (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Phrygian: ουα (oua, nom.sg.f.), ουαν (ouan, acc.sg.f.)

References

  1. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 751-752
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕ, ἑ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 365:*su-o-, *seu-o-
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “svá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 787-788:*s(e)u̯-ó-
  4. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “u”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 482