Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷémtis

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 *gʷem- (“to step”) +‎ *-tis (abstract or action suffix).

Noun

*gʷémtis f^[1]

step, act of walking

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*gʷémtis
genitive	*gʷm̥téys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷémtis	*gʷémtih₁(e)	*gʷémteyes
vocative	*gʷémti	*gʷémtih₁(e)	*gʷémteyes
accusative	*gʷémtim	*gʷémtih₁(e)	*gʷémtims
genitive	*gʷm̥téys	*?	*gʷm̥téyoHom
ablative	*gʷm̥téys	*?	gʷm̥tímos, gʷm̥tíbʰos
dative	*gʷm̥téyey	*?	gʷm̥tímos, gʷm̥tíbʰos
locative	gʷm̥téy, gʷm̥tḗy	*?	*gʷm̥tísu
instrumental	*gʷm̥tíh₁	*?	gʷm̥tímis, gʷm̥tíbʰis

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *gimtís (< *gʷm̥tís)
- Latvian: dzìmts
- Lithuanian: gimtìs
Proto-Germanic: *kumþiz (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *gʷə́tis (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gátiš (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *gʷentis
- Latin: ventiō

References

^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93: “gʷm̥-”

[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93: “gʷm̥-”

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