Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tḗr

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

Suffix

*(Ø)-tḗr m

1. Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone or something whose role or purpose it is to perform the verb's action.

Inflection

Athematic, hysterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*(Ø)-tḗr
genitive	*(Ø)-trés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(Ø)-tḗr	*(Ø)-térh₁(e)	*(Ø)-téres
vocative	*(Ø)-tér	*(Ø)-térh₁(e)	*(Ø)-téres
accusative	*(Ø)-térm̥	*(Ø)-térh₁(e)	*(Ø)-térm̥s
genitive	*(Ø)-trés	*?	*(Ø)-tróHom
ablative	*(Ø)-trés	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mós, *(Ø)-tr̥bʰós
dative	*(Ø)-tréy	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mós, *(Ø)-tr̥bʰós
locative	*(Ø)-tér, *(Ø)-téri	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥sú
instrumental	*(Ø)-tréh₁	*?	*(Ø)-tr̥mís, *(Ø)-tr̥bʰís

Derived terms

Proto-Indo-European terms suffixed with *-tḗr

• *-ter-is
  • Proto-Slavic: *-teľь
• *-ter-ih₂
  • Proto-Hellenic: *-teřřa
    • Ancient Greek: -τειρα (-teira)
• *-tr-ih₂
• *-tr-om

Related terms

• *-tōr
• *-tr̥ (possibly)

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: -τήρ (-tḗr)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-tā́
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *-tā́
    • Sanskrit: -तृ (-tṛ) (-ता (-tā́, nom.sg))
• Proto-Germanic: the r-stem nouns