Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/hens
Proto-Hellenic
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| 1 | 2 → | 10 → | ||
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| Cardinal: *hens Ordinal: *protós | ||||
Etymology
From earlier *séms, analogically reformed from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm.[1]
Numeral
*hens
Inflection
Feminine *hmía, neuter *hén.
Declension of *hens
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *héns | *hmía | *hén |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
| Accusative | *héna | *hmiā́n | *hén |
| Genitive | *hemós | *hmiā́s | *hemós |
| Dative | *heméi | *hmiā́i | *heméi |
| Locative | — | — | — |
| Instrumental | — | — | — |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | — | — | — |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
| Accusative | — | — | — |
| Genitive | — | — | — |
| Dative | — | — | — |
| Locative | — | — | — |
| Instrumental | — | — | — |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | — | — | — |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
| Accusative | — | — | — |
| Genitive | — | — | — |
| Dative | — | — | — |
| Locative | — | — | — |
| Instrumental | — | — | — |
| Comparative | Superlative | Adverb | |
| — | — | — |
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: εἷς (heîs), ἧς (hês) — Doric, Lesbian, ἕεις (héeis) — Epic
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀕 (e-me /hemei/, dative)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “εἷς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 394