Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)kʷálos

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

    Sometimes compared with Proto-Uralic *kala, as well as to Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (to turn).[1]

    Noun

    *(s)kʷálos mCategory:Proto-Indo-European lemmas#SK¯WAALOSCategory:Proto-Indo-European nouns#SK¯WAALOSCategory:Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header#SK¯WAALOSCategory:Proto-Indo-European masculine nouns#SK¯WAALOSCategory:Pages with entries#SKʷÁLOSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SKʷÁLOS[2]

    1. large fish
    2. Category:ine-pro:Catfish#SK¯WAALOSsheatfish

    Inflection

    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *(s)kʷálos
    genitive *(s)kʷálosyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *(s)kʷálos *(s)kʷáloh₁ *(s)kʷáloes
    vocative *(s)kʷále *(s)kʷáloh₁ *(s)kʷáloes
    accusative *(s)kʷálom *(s)kʷáloh₁ *(s)kʷáloms
    genitive *(s)kʷálosyo *? *(s)kʷáloHom
    ablative *(s)kʷálead *? *(s)kʷálomos, *(s)kʷálobʰos
    dative *(s)kʷáloey *? *(s)kʷálomos, *(s)kʷálobʰos
    locative *(s)kʷáley, *(s)kʷáloy *? *(s)kʷáloysu
    instrumental *(s)kʷáloh₁ *? *(s)kʷálōys
    Category:Proto-Indo-European thematic o-stem nouns#SK¯WAALOS

    Descendants

    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Old Prussian: kalis (sheatfish)
    • Proto-Germanic: *hwalaz (whale) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *(s)káras
    • Proto-Italic:
      • Latin: squalus (shark) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hwali-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262
    2. Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147
    Category:Pages with 1 entry Category:Pages with entries Category:Proto-Indo-European lemmas Category:Proto-Indo-European masculine nouns Category:Proto-Indo-European nouns Category:Proto-Indo-European thematic o-stem nouns Category:ine-pro:Catfish