Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word you have here. The definition of the word will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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 *gʷʰer- (warm, hot) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*gʷʰéros n

  1. heat
  2. warm weather

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *gʷʰéros
genitive *gʷʰéresos
singular dual plural
nominative *gʷʰéros *gʷʰéresih₁ *gʷʰérōs
vocative *gʷʰéros *gʷʰéresih₁ *gʷʰérōs
accusative *gʷʰéros *gʷʰéresih₁ *gʷʰérōs
genitive *gʷʰéresos *? *gʷʰéresoHom
ablative *gʷʰéresos *? *gʷʰéresmos, *gʷʰéresbʰos
dative *gʷʰéresey *? *gʷʰéresmos, *gʷʰéresbʰos
locative *gʷʰéres, *gʷʰéresi *? *gʷʰéresu
instrumental *gʷʰéresh₁ *? *gʷʰéresmis, *gʷʰéresbʰis

Descendants

  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ջեր (ǰer)
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Baltic:
      • (perhaps) Old Prussian: goro
    • Proto-Slavic: *žarъ
  • Proto-Hellenic: *kʷʰéros
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ǰʰáras

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θέρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 542-543
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰéros”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1289.