Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tḗr

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

*(Ø)-tḗr m

Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone or something whose role or purpose it is to perform the verb's action.

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*(Ø)-tḗr
genitive	*(Ø)-trés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-tḗr	*(Ø)-térh₁(e)	*(Ø)-téres
vocative	*(Ø)-tér	*(Ø)-térh₁(e)	*(Ø)-téres
accusative	*(Ø)-térm̥	*(Ø)-térh₁(e)	*(Ø)-térm̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-trés	*?	*(Ø)-tróHom
ablative	*(Ø)-trés	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mós
dative	*(Ø)-tréy	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mós
locative	(Ø)-tér, (Ø)-téri	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥sú
instrumental	*(Ø)-tréh₁	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mís

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-tḗr

*-ter-is
- Proto-Slavic: *-teľь
*-ter-ih₂
- Proto-Hellenic: *-teřřa
  - Ancient Greek: -τειρα (-teira)
*-tr-ih₂
*-tr-om

Related terms

*-tōr
*-tr̥ (possibly)

Descendants

Ancient Greek: -τήρ (-tḗr)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-tā́
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tā́
  - Sanskrit: -तृ (-tṛ) (-ता (-tā́, nom.sg))
Proto-Germanic: the r-stem nouns

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