"-wants" meaning in Proto-Indo-Iranian

See -wants in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-wénts. Etymology templates: {{inh|iir-pro|ine-pro|*-wénts}} Proto-Indo-European *-wénts Head templates: {{head|iir-pro|suffix}} *-wants
  1. Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "-वत्"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: -वत् (-vat), -मत् (-mat)\nPali: -vant\n→ Bengali: -বান (-ban) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))\n→ Hindi: -वान (-vān) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: -वत् (-vat), -मत् (-mat)\nPali: -vant\n→ Bengali: -বান (-ban) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))\n→ Hindi: -वान (-vān) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*-wāh",
            "3": "*-wānh",
            "qq1": "from either contamination or the original inherited outcome",
            "qq2": "following Lipp, with strong stem restored"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *-wāh (from either contamination or the original inherited outcome), *-wānh (following Lipp, with strong stem restored)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *-wāh (from either contamination or the original inherited outcome), *-wānh (following Lipp, with strong stem restored)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "-𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: -𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (-uuan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: -𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (-uuan) (for example: 𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (ašauuan, “follower of order”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "وند",
            "tr": "vand"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: وند (vand)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: وند (vand)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-wénts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-wénts",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-wénts.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*-wants",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
  "lang_code": "iir-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-wants",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems."
      ],
      "id": "en--wants-iir-pro-suffix-kAiJHt4U",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wants"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "inc-pro"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Indo-Aryan:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "-वत्"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: -वत् (-vat), -मत् (-mat)\nPali: -vant\n→ Bengali: -বান (-ban) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))\n→ Hindi: -वान (-vān) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: -वत् (-vat), -मत् (-mat)\nPali: -vant\n→ Bengali: -বান (-ban) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))\n→ Hindi: -वान (-vān) (from the masculine singular nominative -वान् (-vān))"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ira-pro",
            "2": "*-wāh",
            "3": "*-wānh",
            "qq1": "from either contamination or the original inherited outcome",
            "qq2": "following Lipp, with strong stem restored"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Iranian: *-wāh (from either contamination or the original inherited outcome), *-wānh (following Lipp, with strong stem restored)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Iranian: *-wāh (from either contamination or the original inherited outcome), *-wānh (following Lipp, with strong stem restored)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ae",
            "2": "-𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥"
          },
          "expansion": "Avestan: -𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (-uuan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Avestan: -𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (-uuan) (for example: 𐬀𐬱𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (ašauuan, “follower of order”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fa",
            "2": "وند",
            "tr": "vand"
          },
          "expansion": "Persian: وند (vand)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Persian: وند (vand)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-wénts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-wénts",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-wénts.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "iir-pro",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "*-wants",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-Iranian",
  "lang_code": "iir-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/-wants",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian suffixes",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Proto-Indo-Iranian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms possessive adjectives from nominal stems."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-wants"
}

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