Remarks on PIE amphikinetic and hysterokinetic nouns

Georges-Jean Pinault (1)

1 Mondes Iranien et Indien - UMR 7528

Assessment of the original function of amphikinetic internal derivatives in Proto-Indo-European, as making animate substantives. Discussion of examples taken from several Indo-European languages. Analysis of the Tocharian nouns meaning 'many' and 'all, every'.

Mots clés: Indo-European linguistics; Indo-European morphology; Indo-European etymology; Inflectional paradigms; Agent nouns; Collective nouns; Substantivization; Tocharian language; Tocharian etymology

Domaines: Linguistique

Georges-Jean Pinault. Remarks on PIE amphikinetic and hysterokinetic nouns. Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead; Thomas Olander; Birgit Anette Olsen; Jens E. Rasmussen. The Sound of Indo-European. Phonetics, phonemics and morphophonemics., 4, Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, pp.399-424, 2012, Copenhagen Studies in Indo-European, 978-87-635-3838-1. ⟨halshs-01446493⟩