"gʷʰónos" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See gʷʰónos in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From *gʷʰen- (“to strike down, slay”) + *-os (action noun suffix), if not formed independently in each language. Etymology templates: {{suffix|ine-pro|*gʷʰen-|*-os|id2=thematic|pos2=action noun suffix|t1=to strike down, slay}} *gʷʰen- (“to strike down, slay”) + *-os (action noun suffix) Head templates: {{head|ine-pro|noun|||||f2nolink=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|head3=|head4=|head5=}} *gʷʰónos m Inflection templates: {{ine-decl-noun-mf|gʷʰóno}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], gʷʰónos [nominative, singular], gʷʰónoh₁ [dual, nominative], gʷʰónoes [nominative, plural], gʷʰóne [singular, vocative], gʷʰónoh₁ [dual, vocative], gʷʰónoes [plural, vocative], gʷʰónom [accusative, singular], gʷʰónoh₁ [accusative, dual], gʷʰónoms [accusative, plural], gʷʰónosyo [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], gʷʰónoHom [genitive, plural], gʷʰónead [ablative, singular], - [ablative, dual], gʷʰónomos [ablative, plural], gʷʰónobʰos [ablative, plural], gʷʰónoey [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], gʷʰónomos [dative, plural], gʷʰónobʰos [dative, plural], gʷʰóney [locative, singular], gʷʰónoy [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], gʷʰónoysu [locative, plural], gʷʰónoh₁ [instrumental, singular], - [dual, instrumental], gʷʰónōys [instrumental, plural]
  1. killing, slaughter Tags: masculine, reconstruction
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      "form": "gʷʰónead",
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      "form": "-",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "gʷʰónobʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "gʷʰónoey",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "-",
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      "form": "gʷʰónobʰos",
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        "dative",
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    },
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      "form": "gʷʰóney",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "gʷʰónoy",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "gʷʰónoysu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónoh₁",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "gʷʰónōys",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
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    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "head4": "",
        "head5": ""
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          "source": "w"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-os (thematic)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
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        "killing, slaughter"
      ],
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        [
          "killing",
          "killing"
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          "slaughter",
          "slaughter"
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        }
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      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "gʷʰónom",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "gʷʰónoh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "gʷʰónoms",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "gʷʰónosyo",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
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      "form": "gʷʰónoHom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónead",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gʷʰónomos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónobʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónoey",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónomos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónobʰos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰóney",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónoy",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónoysu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónoh₁",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gʷʰónōys",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷʰónos",
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        "Proto-Indo-European masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European nouns",
        "Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-os (thematic)",
        "Proto-Indo-European thematic o-stem nouns"
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        "killing, slaughter"
      ],
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          "killing",
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      ],
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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