Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃énh₂os

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 *h₃enh₂- (“to onerate; to charge”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*h₃énh₂os n (oblique stem *h₃énh₂es-)

load; burden

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*h₃énh₂os
genitive	*h₃énh₂esos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₃énh₂os	*h₃énh₂esih₁	*h₃énh₂ōs
vocative	*h₃énh₂os	*h₃énh₂esih₁	*h₃énh₂ōs
accusative	*h₃énh₂os	*h₃énh₂esih₁	*h₃énh₂ōs
genitive	*h₃énh₂esos	*?	*h₃énh₂esoHom
ablative	*h₃énh₂esos	*?	*h₃énh₂esmos
dative	*h₃énh₂esey	*?	*h₃énh₂esmos
locative	h₃énh₂es, h₃énh₂esi	*?	*h₃énh₂esu
instrumental	*h₃énh₂esh₁	*?	*h₃énh₂esmis

Derived terms

*h₃enh₂ostos

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hánas
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hánas
  - Sanskrit: अनस् (ánas, “heavy cart; mother; birth; offspring”)^[1]
Proto-Italic: *onos
- Latin: onus (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-European/h₃énh₂os”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 27/2.

Clackson, James (2002) Indo-European Word Formation: Proceedings from the International Conference

[1] Monier Williams (1899) “Proto-Indo-European/h₃énh₂os”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 27/2.

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