Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/suHnús

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

u-stem derivation from the root *sewH- (“to give birth”), thus the original meaning being "birth, fruit of the body". Tocharian, Greek and Armenian reflect the -yu- derivation from the same root: *suHyús. Sanskrit सूषा (sūṣā́, “parturient woman”) and Albanian gjysh (< Proto-Albanian *sūšā) derived from later variation *suHsós.

Noun

*suh₁nús or *suh₃nús m^[1]

son

Inflection

A. Sihler's reconstruction
	singular	plural
nominative	*suHnús	*suHnéwes
vocative	*suHnów	*suHnéwes
accusative	*suHnúm	*suHnúms
genitive	*suHnóws	*suHnéwom
ablative	*suHnóws	*suHnúbʰ-
dative	*suHnéwey	*suHnúbʰ-
locative	*suHnḗw	*suHnúsu
instrumental	*suHnwéh₁	*suHnúbʰ-

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

*suHnukikos
- Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: soṃśke

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sū́ˀnus (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *sunuz (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *suHnúš (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*suH-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 686-690

[1] Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*suH-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 686-690

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