Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵómbʰos

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

Noun

*ǵómbʰos m [1]

tooth
row of teeth
peg

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*ǵómbʰos
genitive	*ǵómbʰosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǵómbʰos	*ǵómbʰoh₁	*ǵómbʰoes
vocative	*ǵómbʰe	*ǵómbʰoh₁	*ǵómbʰoes
accusative	*ǵómbʰom	*ǵómbʰoh₁	*ǵómbʰoms
genitive	*ǵómbʰosyo	*?	*ǵómbʰooHom
ablative	*ǵómbʰead	*?	*ǵómbʰomos
dative	*ǵómbʰoey	*?	*ǵómbʰomos
locative	ǵómbʰey, ǵómbʰoy	*?	*ǵómbʰoysu
instrumental	*ǵómbʰoh₁	*?	*ǵómbʰōys

Synonyms

*h₃dónts (“tooth”)

Descendants

Albanian: *dzamba
- Albanian: dhëmb
Balto-Slavic: *źámbas (see there for further descendants)
Germanic: *kambaz (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic: *gómpʰos
- Ancient Greek: γόμφος (gómphos)
  - Greek: γόμφος (gómfos)
Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ámbʰas (see there for further descendants)
Tocharian: *këmë
- Tocharian A: kam
- Tocharian B: keme

References

Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 594

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[1] Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press