Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵénh₁trih₂

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

Etymology

From the noun *ǵénh₁tōr (“parent”) +‎ *-ih₂ (athematic feminine suffix).

Noun

*ǵénh₁trih₂ f

mother

Declension

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*ǵénh₁trih₂
genitive	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǵénh₁trih₂	*ǵénh₁trih₂h₁(e)	*ǵénh₁trih₂es
vocative	*ǵénh₁trih₂	*ǵénh₁trih₂h₁(e)	*ǵénh₁trih₂es
accusative	*ǵénh₁trih₂m̥	*ǵénh₁trih₂h₁(e)	*ǵénh₁trih₂m̥s
genitive	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂s	*?	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂oHom
ablative	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂s	*?	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂mos
dative	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂ey	*?	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂mos
locative	ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂, ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂i	*?	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂su
instrumental	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂h₁	*?	*ǵn̥h₁tr̥yéh₂mis

Synonyms

*méh₂tēr

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ánHtriH
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́ánHtriH
  - Sanskrit: जनित्री (jánitrī)
Proto-Italic: *genatrīks
- Latin: genitrīx
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: γενέτειρα (genéteira)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261

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