Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sríHgos

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

Reconstruction

Suffixed with *-os n. Given that that suffix usually takes the e-grade of the root, De Vaan concludes that this root of this word was non-ablauting.

Noun

*sríHgos n (oblique stem *sríHges-)^[1]^[2]

cold, frost

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*sríHgos
genitive	*sríHgesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sríHgos	*sríHgesih₁	*sríHgōs
vocative	*sríHgos	*sríHgesih₁	*sríHgōs
accusative	*sríHgos	*sríHgesih₁	*sríHgōs
genitive	*sríHgesos	*?	*sríHgesoHom
ablative	*sríHgesos	*?	sríHgesmos, sríHgesbʰos
dative	*sríHgesey	*?	sríHgesmos, sríHgesbʰos
locative	sríHges, sríHgesi	*?	*sríHgesu
instrumental	*sríHgesh₁	*?	sríHgesmis, sríHgesbʰis

Descendants

Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ῥῖγος (rhîgos, “frost, cold”)
  - Greek: ρίγος (rígos)
Proto-Italic:
- Latin: frigus (“cold, chilliness”) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “frīgus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1284

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “frīgus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 243

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1284

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