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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁wésus

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₁wes- + *-us.

Adjective

*h₁wésus [1][2]

  1. good, excellent

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
masculine feminine
nominative *h₁wésus *h₁uséwih₂
genitive *h₁uséws *h₁usuyéh₂s
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *h₁wésus *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésewes
vocative *h₁wésu *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésewes
accusative *h₁wésum *h₁wésuh₁(e) *h₁wésums
genitive *h₁uséws *? *h₁uséwoHom
ablative *h₁uséws *? *h₁usúmos
dative *h₁uséwey *? *h₁usúmos
locative *h₁uséw, *h₁uséwi *? *h₁usúsu
instrumental *h₁usúh₁ *? *h₁usúbʰi
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *h₁uséwih₂ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂es
vocative *h₁uséwih₂ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂es
accusative *h₁uséwih₂m̥ *h₁uséwih₂h₁(e) *h₁uséwih₂m̥s
genitive *h₁usuyéh₂s *? *h₁usuyéh₂oHom
ablative *h₁usuyéh₂s *? *h₁usuyéh₂mos
dative *h₁usuyéh₂ey *? *h₁usuyéh₂mos
locative *h₁usuyéh₂, *h₁usuyéh₂i *? *h₁usuyéh₂su
instrumental *h₁usuyéh₂h₁ *? *h₁usuyéh₂bʰi
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
vocative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
accusative *h₁wésu *h₁wéswih₁ *h₁wésuh₂
genitive *h₁uséws *? *h₁uséwoHom
ablative *h₁uséws *? *h₁usúmos
dative *h₁uséwey *? *h₁usúmos
locative *h₁uséw, *h₁uséwi *? *h₁usúsu
instrumental *h₁usúh₁ *? *h₁usúbʰi

Descendants

  • Celtic: *wesus[3]
    • Old Irish: feib
    • Gaulish: *wesus (in personal names)
    • Gallaecian: *wesu- (in personal names)
  • Germanic: *wesuz
  • Hellenic: *ewéhus
  • Illyrian: *ves (in personal names)
  • Indo-Iranian: *Hwásuš (see there for further descendants)
  • Tocharian: *wesū[1]
    • Tocharian A: wṣe
    • Tocharian B: yaṣe

See also

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “u̯ē̆su-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1174-1175
  2. Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “h₁u̯es-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 686-690
  3. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*wesu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
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