Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pótis

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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

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 *pétis
singular dual plural
nominative *pótis *pótih₁(e) *póteyes
vocative *póti *pótih₁(e) *póteyes
accusative *pótim *pótih₁(e) *pótims
genitive *pétis *? *pétyoHom
ablative *pétis *? *pétimos
dative *pétyey *? *pétimos
locative *péti *? *pétisu
instrumental *pétih₁ *? *pétimis

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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