Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰonós

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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 *gʷʰen- (to strike) +‎ *-ós (agentive suffix).

Noun

*gʷʰonós m

  1. striker

Inflection

Thematic
singular
nominative *gʷʰonós
genitive *gʷʰonósyo
singular dual plural
nominative *gʷʰonós *gʷʰonóh₁ *gʷʰonóes
vocative *gʷʰoné *gʷʰonóh₁ *gʷʰonóes
accusative *gʷʰonóm *gʷʰonóh₁ *gʷʰonóms
genitive *gʷʰonósyo *? *gʷʰonóHom
ablative *gʷʰonéad *? *gʷʰonómos, *gʷʰonóbʰos
dative *gʷʰonóey *? *gʷʰonómos, *gʷʰonóbʰos
locative *gʷʰonéy, *gʷʰonóy *? *gʷʰonóysu
instrumental *gʷʰonóh₁ *? *gʷʰonṓys

Descendants

  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Latgalian: gons
    • Latvian: gans (herdsman, shepherd)
    • Lithuanian: gãnas (herdsman) (dialectal)
    • Proto-Slavic: *-gonъ (in compounds)
  • Proto-Celtic: *gʷonos (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gʰanás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *gʰanás
      • Sanskrit: घन (ghaná, destroyer, murderer; slaying, murder) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Alan (2017) “Agentive and Other Derivatives of “τόμος-Type” Nouns”, in Claire Le Feuvre, Daniel Petit and Georges-Jean Pinault, editors, Verbal Adjectives and Participles in Indo-European Languages. Proceedings of the Arbeitstagung of the Indo-European Society, Paris, 24–26 September 2014, Bremen: Hempen, pages 237-238