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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂énts
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Proto-Indo-European
Reconstruction
According to Kloekhorst the paradigm can't be properly reconstructed due to ambiguity of the grammatical gender of 𒄩𒀭𒍝 (ḫa-an-za), which could have been either common or neuter. Therefore ἄντα could either reflect *h₂ént-h̥₂ or *h₂ént-m̥.[1]
Inflection
In case it was animate:
| Athematic, amphikinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *h₂énts | ||
| genitive | *h₂n̥tés | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *h₂énts | *h₂énth₁(e) | *h₂éntes |
| vocative | *h₂ént | *h₂énth₁(e) | *h₂éntes |
| accusative | *h₂éntm̥ | *h₂énth₁(e) | *h₂éntm̥s |
| genitive | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tóHom |
| ablative | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
| dative | *h₂n̥téy | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
| locative | *h₂ént, *h₂énti | *? | *h₂n̥tsú |
| instrumental | *h₂n̥téh₁ | *? | *h₂n̥tbʰí |
In case it was inanimate:
| Athematic, amphikinetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *h₂ént | ||
| genitive | *h₂n̥tés | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *h₂ént | *h₂éntih₁ | *h₂énth₂ |
| vocative | *h₂ént | *h₂éntih₁ | *h₂énth₂ |
| accusative | *h₂ént | *h₂éntih₁ | *h₂énth₂ |
| genitive | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tóHom |
| ablative | *h₂n̥tés | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
| dative | *h₂n̥téy | *? | *h₂n̥tmós |
| locative | *h₂ént, *h₂énti | *? | *h₂n̥tsú |
| instrumental | *h₂n̥téh₁ | *? | *h₂n̥tbʰí |
Descendants
- Anatolian:
- Hittite: 𒄩𒀭𒍝 (ḫa-an-za)
- Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἄντα (ánta) (either from accusative singular *h₂éntm̥ or from accusative plural *h₂énth̥₂)
References
- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 338
- Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press
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