Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pótis

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Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

    Derksen writes: “It is often assumed that the meaning ‘lord, husband’ derives from an even older meaning ‘self’, as found in pàts” (see Lithuanian pàts (“(singular masculine) self”)).

    Noun

    *pótis m

    1. master, ruler
    2. husband

    Inflection

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *pótis
    genitive *pótis
    singular dual plural
    nominative *pótis *pótih₁(e) *póteyes
    vocative *póti *pótih₁(e) *póteyes
    accusative *pótim *pótih₁(e) *pótims
    genitive *pótis *? *pótyoHom
    ablative *pótis *? *pótimos, *pótibʰos
    dative *pótyey *? *pótimos, *pótibʰos
    locative *póti *? *pótisu
    instrumental *pótih₁ *? *pótimis, *pótibʰis


    Athematic, proterokinetic
    singular
    nominative *pótis
    genitive *pótis
    singular dual plural
    nominative *pótis *pótih₁(e) *póteyes
    vocative *póti *pótih₁(e) *póteyes
    accusative *pótim *pótih₁(e) *pótims
    genitive *pótis *? *pótyoHom
    ablative *pótis *? *pótimos, *pótibʰos
    dative *pótyey *? *pótimos, *pótibʰos
    locative *póti *? *pótisu
    instrumental *pótih₁ *? *pótimis, *pótibʰis

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Proto-Albanian: *pat(i)-
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *patis
    • Proto-Germanic: *fadiz (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *pótis (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pátiš (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *potis (see there for further descendants)

    References

    • Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 346
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