Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-sneh₂

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

*-sneh₂ f[1]

Used to form nouns denoting an object

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	singular
nominative	*-sneh₂
genitive	*-sneh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-sneh₂	—	—
vocative	*-sneh₂	—	—
accusative	*-snām	—	—
genitive	*-sneh₂s	—	—
ablative	*-sneh₂s	—	—
dative	*-sneh₂ey	—	—
locative	-sneh₂, -sneh₂i	—	—
instrumental	*-sneh₂h₁	—	—

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-sneh₂

*h₂éwiǵʰsneh₂
*péh₂ḱsneh₂
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: πάχνη (pákhnē) (earlier *πάκσνά (*páksná))
*sélh₂sneh₂
*téḱsneh₂
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: τέχνη (tékhnē)
*wl̥ḱsneh₂
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: λάχνη (lákhnē, “woolly hair”) (earlier *λακσνά (*laksná) < *ϝλακσνά (*wlaksná))

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *-snāˀ
Proto-Germanic: *-snō, *-isnō, *-usnō, *-asnjō (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic: *-snā > *-hnā
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-snaH

References

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “*-sneH₂-”

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[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 225: “*-sneH₂-”