Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-wénts

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

Suffix

*(Ø)-wénts

1. Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems.

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	masculine	feminine
nominative	*(Ø)-wénts	*(Ø)-wéntih₂
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s
masculine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-wénts	*(Ø)-wénth₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntes
vocative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wénth₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntes
accusative	*(Ø)-wéntm̥	*(Ø)-wénth₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntm̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tóHom
ablative	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tmós, *(Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
dative	*(Ø)-wn̥téy	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tmós, *(Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
locative	*(Ø)-wént, *(Ø)-wénti	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tsú
instrumental	*(Ø)-wn̥téh₁	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tmís, *(Ø)-wn̥tbʰís
feminine	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-wéntih₂	*(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntih₂es
vocative	*(Ø)-wéntih₂	*(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntih₂es
accusative	*(Ø)-wéntih₂m̥	*(Ø)-wéntih₂h₁(e)	*(Ø)-wéntih₂m̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂oHom
ablative	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂s	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mos, *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂bʰos
dative	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂ey	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mos, *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂bʰos
locative	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂, *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂i	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂su
instrumental	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂h₁	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂mis, *(Ø)-wn̥tyéh₂bʰis
neuter	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wéntih₁	*(Ø)-wénth₂
vocative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wéntih₁	*(Ø)-wénth₂
accusative	*(Ø)-wént	*(Ø)-wéntih₁	*(Ø)-wénth₂
genitive	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tóHom
ablative	*(Ø)-wn̥tés	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tmós, *(Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
dative	*(Ø)-wn̥téy	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tmós, *(Ø)-wn̥tbʰós
locative	*(Ø)-wént, *(Ø)-wénti	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tsú
instrumental	*(Ø)-wn̥téh₁	*?	*(Ø)-wn̥tmís, *(Ø)-wn̥tbʰís

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-wénts not found

• *-went-to-s
  • Proto-Italic:
    • ⇒ Latin: -ōsus

Descendants

• Proto-Anatolian: *-wants (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *-wénts
  • Ancient Greek: -εις (-eis)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-wánts
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-wánts
    • Sanskrit: -वान् (-vān), -वत् (-vat)
      • Pali: -vant
      • → Bengali: -বান (-ban) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))
      • → Hindi: -वान (-vān) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))
  • Proto-Iranian: *-wánts
    • Avestan: -𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (-uuan) (for example: 𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (ašauuan, “follower of order”)
    • Persian: وند (vand)

See also

• *-ménts
• *-ónts
• *-onts
• *-tós

References

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 355