Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃rḗǵnih₂

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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 *h₃rḗǵs (king) +‎ *-nih₂ (feminizing suffix).

Noun

*h₃rḗǵnih₂ f[1][2]

  1. queen

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *h₃rḗǵnih₂
genitive *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂s
singular dual plural
nominative *h₃rḗǵnih₂ *h₃rḗǵnih₂h₁(e) *h₃rḗǵnih₂es
vocative *h₃rḗǵnih₂ *h₃rḗǵnih₂h₁(e) *h₃rḗǵnih₂es
accusative *h₃rḗǵnih₂m̥ *h₃rḗǵnih₂h₁(e) *h₃rḗǵnih₂m̥s
genitive *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂s *? *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂oHom
ablative *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂s *? *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂mos, *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂bʰos
dative *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂ey *? *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂mos, *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂bʰos
locative *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂, *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂i *? *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂su
instrumental *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂h₁ *? *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂mis, *h₃rḗǵn̥yeh₂bʰis

Descendants

  • Proto-Celtic: *rīganī (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrā́ȷ́niH
  • ? Proto-Italic: *rēgīnā (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “rīganī”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 311
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 278