Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kéh₃tus

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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 *keh₃- (to fight) +‎ *-tus if it is related to Proto-Germanic *harōjaną (to sharpen).

Noun

*kéh₃tus ?

  1. fight

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *kéh₃tus
genitive *kh₃téws
singular dual plural
nominative *kéh₃tus *kéh₃tuh₁(e) *kéh₃tewes
vocative *kéh₃tu *kéh₃tuh₁(e) *kéh₃tewes
accusative *kéh₃tum *kéh₃tuh₁(e) *kéh₃tums
genitive *kh₃téws *? *kh₃téwoHom
ablative *kh₃téws *? *kh₃túmos
dative *kh₃téwey *? *kh₃túmos
locative *kh₃téw, *kh₃téwi *? *kh₃túsu
instrumental *kh₃túh₁ *? *kh₃túmis

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ḱh₂ét-(e)u-
  • *ḱat-u-

Descendants

  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒃰𒁺 n (kattu-)
  • Proto-Celtic: *katus m (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *haþuz f (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*haþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “kattu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “katu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 195