Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂wóstu

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

Alternative reconstructions

*weh₂stu (if thought to not be related to *h₂wes-)

Etymology

From the o-grade of *h₂wes- (“to dwell”) +‎ *-tu.

Noun

*h₂wóstu n

home, dwelling

Declension

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*h₂wóstu
genitive	*h₂wóstus
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂wóstu	*h₂wóstwih₁	*h₂wóstuh₂
vocative	*h₂wóstu	*h₂wóstwih₁	*h₂wóstuh₂
accusative	*h₂wóstu	*h₂wóstwih₁	*h₂wóstuh₂
genitive	*h₂wóstus	*?	*h₂wóstwoHom
ablative	*h₂wóstus	*?	*h₂wóstumos
dative	*h₂wóstwey	*?	*h₂wóstumos
locative	h₂wóstu, h₂wóstwi	*?	*h₂wóstusu
instrumental	*h₂wóstuh₁	*?	*h₂wóstumis

Descendants

Proto-Celtic: *wastu
Proto-Hellenic: *wástu
- Ancient Greek: ἄστυ (ástu)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwā́stu
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hwā́stu
  - Sanskrit: वास्तु (vā́stu)
Proto-Tocharian: *wostu
- Tocharian A: waṣt
- Tocharian B: ost

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “h₂u̯óstu”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 281
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ost”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 134

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “h₂u̯óstu”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 281

[3] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ost”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 134

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂wóstu

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