Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-nih₂

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 *-ō +‎ *-ih₂.

Suffix

*(é)-nih₂ f^[1]

Feminizes athematic nominal stems.

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*(é)-nih₂
genitive	*(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(é)-nih₂	*(é)-nih₂h₁(e)	*(é)-nih₂es
vocative	*(é)-nih₂	*(é)-nih₂h₁(e)	*(é)-nih₂es
accusative	*(é)-nih₂m̥	*(é)-nih₂h₁(e)	*(é)-nih₂m̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s	*?	*(Ø)-n̥yéh₂oHom
ablative	*(Ø)-n̥yéh₂s	*?	(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mos, (Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰos
dative	*(Ø)-n̥yéh₂ey	*?	(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mos, (Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰos
locative	(Ø)-n̥yéh₂, (Ø)-n̥yéh₂i	*?	*(Ø)-n̥yéh₂su
instrumental	*(Ø)-n̥yéh₂h₁	*?	(Ø)-n̥yéh₂mis, (Ø)-n̥yéh₂bʰis

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-nih₂

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-ūnīˀ ~ *-unjāˀ
- Proto-Slavic: *-ьňà
  - Old Polish: -nia
    - Polish: -nia
- Proto-Slavic: *-yni (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *-inī ~ *-unjǭ (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277: “*-niH₂-”

[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 277: “*-niH₂-”

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