Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰgʷʰéytis

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 *dʰgʷʰey- (“to decline, perish”) +‎ *-tis (abstract or action suffix).

Noun

*dʰgʷʰéytis f^[1]

decay, destruction

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*dʰgʷʰéytis
genitive	*dʰgʷʰitéys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dʰgʷʰéytis	*dʰgʷʰéytih₁(e)	*dʰgʷʰéyteyes
vocative	*dʰgʷʰéyti	*dʰgʷʰéytih₁(e)	*dʰgʷʰéyteyes
accusative	*dʰgʷʰéytim	*dʰgʷʰéytih₁(e)	*dʰgʷʰéytims
genitive	*dʰgʷʰitéys	*?	*dʰgʷʰitéyoHom
ablative	*dʰgʷʰitéys	*?	dʰgʷʰitímos, dʰgʷʰitíbʰos
dative	*dʰgʷʰitéyey	*?	dʰgʷʰitímos, dʰgʷʰitíbʰos
locative	dʰgʷʰitéy, dʰgʷʰitḗy	*?	*dʰgʷʰitísu
instrumental	*dʰgʷʰitíh₁	*?	dʰgʷʰitímis, dʰgʷʰitíbʰis

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic: *kʷʰtʰítis
- Ancient Greek: φθῐ́σῐς (phthísis) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰžʰítiš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ḍẓʰítiṣ
  - Sanskrit: क्षिति (kṣíti) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *(k)sitis^[1]
- Latin: sitis (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sitis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 567-568: “*dʰgʷʰi-ti- 'destruction, perishing'”

[De_Vaan-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sitis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 567-568: “*dʰgʷʰi-ti- 'destruction, perishing'”

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