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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂n̥tbʰóh₁

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 same root as *h₂m̥bʰi, with dual endings. The second half is considered cognate to Proto-Germanic *bai, Sanskrit उभौ (ubháu). Argued to derive from the root of *h₂énts.

Determiner

*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁[1][2]

  1. both

Inflection

Thematic
masculine feminine
nominative *h₂n̥tbʰóh₁ *h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e)
genitive *? *?
masculine singular dual plural
nominative — *h₂n̥tbʰóh₁ —
vocative — *h₂n̥tbʰóh₁ —
accusative — *h₂n̥tbʰóh₁ —
genitive — *? —
ablative — *? —
dative — *? —
locative — *? —
instrumental — *? —
feminine singular dual plural
nominative — *h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e) —
vocative — *h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e) —
accusative — *h₂n̥tbʰéh₂h₁(e) —
genitive — *? —
ablative — *? —
dative — *? —
locative — *? —
instrumental — *? —
neuter singular dual plural
nominative — *h₂n̥tbʰóy(h₁) —
vocative — *h₂n̥tbʰóy(h₁) —
accusative — *h₂n̥tbʰóy(h₁) —
genitive — *? —
ablative — *? —
dative — *? —
locative — *? —
instrumental — *? —

Descendants

  • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *abā
    • Latvian: abi
    • Lithuanian: abu
    • Proto-Slavic: *oba (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
  • Proto-Italic: *amβō
  • >? Proto-Tocharian: *āntӓp(ӓ)i (from the neuter dual in *-oih₂)[3]
    • Tocharian A: āmpi
    • Tocharian B: antapi

References

  1. Eugen Hill (2012) “Hidden sound laws in the inflectional morphology of Proto-Indo-European”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics, and Morphophonemics (Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European)‎, Museum Tusculum Press, page 184: “*h₂n̥tbʰóh₁ m., *-ói̯h₁ n.'both'”
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ambō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37: “PIE h₂(e)nt-bʰoH 'both'”
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “antapi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 15
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