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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵérh₂onts

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 *ǵerh₂- +‎ *-onts (Caland adjective suffix).

Adjective

*ǵérh₂onts

  1. old

Inflection
Athematic, amphikinetic
masculine feminine
nominative *ǵérh₂onts *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂
genitive *ǵr̥h₂n̥tés *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂s
masculine singular dual plural
nominative *ǵérh₂onts *ǵérh₂onth₁(e) *ǵérh₂ontes
vocative *ǵérh₂ont *ǵérh₂onth₁(e) *ǵérh₂ontes
accusative *ǵérh₂ontm̥ *ǵérh₂onth₁(e) *ǵérh₂ontm̥s
genitive *ǵr̥h₂n̥tés *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tóHom
ablative *ǵr̥h₂n̥tés *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tmós
dative *ǵr̥h₂n̥téy *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tmós
locative *ǵr̥h₂ént, *ǵr̥h₂énti *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tsú
instrumental *ǵr̥h₂n̥téh₁ *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tmís
feminine singular dual plural
nominative *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂ *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂h₁(e) *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂es
vocative *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂ *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂h₁(e) *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂es
accusative *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂m̥ *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂h₁(e) *ǵr̥h₂éntih₂m̥s
genitive *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂s *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂oHom
ablative *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂s *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂mos
dative *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂ey *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂mos
locative *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂, *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂i *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂su
instrumental *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂h₁ *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tyéh₂mis
neuter singular dual plural
nominative *ǵérh₂ont *ǵérh₂ontih₁ *ǵérh₂onth₂
vocative *ǵérh₂ont *ǵérh₂ontih₁ *ǵérh₂onth₂
accusative *ǵérh₂ont *ǵérh₂ontih₁ *ǵérh₂onth₂
genitive *ǵr̥h₂n̥tés *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tóHom
ablative *ǵr̥h₂n̥tés *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tmós
dative *ǵr̥h₂n̥téy *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tmós
locative *ǵr̥h₂ént, *ǵr̥h₂énti *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tsú
instrumental *ǵr̥h₂n̥téh₁ *? *ǵr̥h₂n̥tmís

Descendants
  • Proto-Armenian:
  • Proto-Hellenic: *géronts
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́árHans
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ȷ́árHans
    • Proto-Iranian: *járHans[1]
      • Alanic: *zarand
        • Ossetian: зӕронд (zærond)
        • → Ancient Greek: Ζάρανδος (Zárandos, “a name from Tanais”)
      • Classical Persian: زرند‎ (zarand, “an old stiff tree without fruit”) [2]
  • Messapic: [Term?] (deranθoa /derant'uā/, “senate”, loc. sg. f.)

References
  1. Абаев, В. И. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 305
  2. , "زرند" in Dehkhoda Persian Dictionary.
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