Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁wésus

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Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *h₁wes- +‎ *-us (Caland system suffix).

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Adjective

*h₁wésus[1][2]

  1. good, excellent
    Synonym: *h₁su-
    Antonym: *dus-

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
masculine feminine
nominative *h₁wésus *h₁uséwih₂
genitive *h₁uséws *h₁usuyéh₂s
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *h₁wésus *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésewes
vocative *h₁wésu *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésewes
accusative *h₁wésum *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésums
genitive *h₁uséws *? *h₁uséwoHom
ablative *h₁uséws *? *h₁usúmos
dative *h₁uséwey *? *h₁usúmos
locative *h₁uséw, *h₁uséwi *? *h₁usúsu
instrumental *h₁usúh₁ *? *h₁usúmis
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *h₁uséwih₂ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂es
vocative *h₁uséwih₂ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂es
accusative *h₁uséwih₂m̥ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂m̥s
genitive *h₁usuyéh₂s *? *h₁usuyéh₂oHom
ablative *h₁usuyéh₂s *? *h₁usuyéh₂mos
dative *h₁usuyéh₂ey *? *h₁usuyéh₂mos
locative *h₁usuyéh₂, *h₁usuyéh₂i *? *h₁usuyéh₂su
instrumental *h₁usuyéh₂h₁ *? *h₁usuyéh₂mis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
vocative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
accusative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
genitive *h₁uséws *? *h₁uséwoHom
ablative *h₁uséws *? *h₁usúmos
dative *h₁uséwey *? *h₁usúmos
locative *h₁uséw, *h₁uséwi *? *h₁usúsu
instrumental *h₁usúh₁ *? *h₁usúmis

Derived terms

  • *h₁weselos
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wéselas (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “u̯ē̆su-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1174-1175
  2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*h₁u̯es-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 253-258
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wesu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
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