Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wétos

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 *wet- (“year”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*wétos n (oblique stem *wétes-)

year

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*wétos
genitive	*wétesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wétos	*wétesih₁	*wétōs
vocative	*wétos	*wétesih₁	*wétōs
accusative	*wétos	*wétesih₁	*wétōs
genitive	*wétesos	*?	*wétesoHom
ablative	*wétesos	*?	*wétesmos
dative	*wétesey	*?	*wétesmos
locative	wétes, wétesi	*?	*wétesu
instrumental	*wétesh₁	*?	*wétesbʰi

Descendants

Albanian: *wet-
- Albanian: vit, vjet
Hellenic: *wétos
- Ancient Greek: ἔτος (étos), (dialectal) ϝέτος (wétos)
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀸𐀵 (we-to), 𐀸𐀳𐀂 (we-te-i)
Italic: *wetos, *wetezinos
- Latin: vetus, veternus
Phrygian: ϝετει (wetei, dat.sg.)

References

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