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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂wóstu

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *weh₂stu (if thought to not be related to *h₂wes-)[1]

Etymology

From the o-grade of *h₂wes- (to dwell) + *-tu.

Noun

*h₂wóstu n[2]

  1. home, dwelling

Declension

Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *h₂wóstu
genitive *h₂wóstus
singular dual plural
nominative *h₂wóstu *h₂wóstwih₁ *h₂wóstuh₂
vocative *h₂wóstu *h₂wóstwih₁ *h₂wóstuh₂
accusative *h₂wóstu *h₂wóstwih₁ *h₂wóstuh₂
genitive *h₂wóstus *? *h₂wóstwoHom
ablative *h₂wóstus *? *h₂wóstumos
dative *h₂wóstwey *? *h₂wóstumos
locative *h₂wóstu, *h₂wóstwi *? *h₂wóstusu
instrumental *h₂wóstuh₁ *? *h₂wóstumis

Descendants

  • Proto-Celtic: *wastu
  • Proto-Hellenic: *wástu
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwā́stu
  • Proto-Tocharian: *wostu[3]

References

  1. 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
  2. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “h₂u̯óstu”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 281
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ost”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 134
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