Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/widtós
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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 *weyd- (“to see”) + *-tós (deverbal adjectival suffix).
The -s- seen in many daughter languages results from the -dt- cluster.
Adjective
*widtós (non-ablauting)[1]
Inflection
| Thematic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | *widtós | *widtéh₂ | |
| genitive | *widtósyo | *widtéh₂s | |
| masculine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *widtós | *widtóh₁ | *widtóes |
| vocative | *widté | *widtóh₁ | *widtóes |
| accusative | *widtóm | *widtóh₁ | *widtóms |
| genitive | *widtósyo | *? | *widtóHom |
| ablative | *widtéad | *? | *widtómos, *widtóbʰos |
| dative | *widtóey | *? | *widtómos, *widtóbʰos |
| locative | *widtéy, *widtóy | *? | *widtóysu |
| instrumental | *widtóh₁ | *? | *widtṓys |
| feminine | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *widtéh₂ | *widtéh₂h₁(e) | *widtéh₂es |
| vocative | *widtéh₂ | *widtéh₂h₁(e) | *widtéh₂es |
| accusative | *widtā́m | *widtéh₂h₁(e) | *widtéh₂m̥s |
| genitive | *widtéh₂s | *? | *widtéh₂oHom |
| ablative | *widtéh₂s | *? | *widtéh₂mos, *widtéh₂bʰos |
| dative | *widtéh₂ey | *? | *widtéh₂mos, *widtéh₂bʰos |
| locative | *widtéh₂, *widtéh₂i | *? | *widtéh₂su |
| instrumental | *widtéh₂h₁ | *? | *widtéh₂mis, *widtéh₂bʰis |
| neuter | singular | dual | plural |
| nominative | *widtóm | *widtóy(h₁) | *widtéh₂ |
| vocative | *widtóm | *widtóy(h₁) | *widtéh₂ |
| accusative | *widtóm | *widtóy(h₁) | *widtéh₂ |
| genitive | *widtósyo | *? | *widtóHom |
| ablative | *widtéad | *? | *widtómos, *widtóbʰos |
| dative | *widtóey | *? | *widtómos, *widtóbʰos |
| locative | *widtéy, *widtóy | *? | *widtóysu |
| instrumental | *widtóh₁ | *? | *widtṓys |
Descendants
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
- Proto-Slavic: *vistъ
- ⇒ Polish: oczywisty (“obvious”)
- ⇒ Polish: rzeczywisty (“real”)
- Proto-Slavic: *vistъ
- Proto-Celtic: *wissos (“known”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *wissaz (“known”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *wistós
- Ancient Greek: ἄ-ιστος (á-istos, “unseen”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *witˢtás (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *wissos
- Latin: vīsus (“seen, known”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN