ᴹQ. -o suf. “*genitive ending” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆

Inflections

-on

plural

“old partitive”

✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶ʒō “partitive; away from, from among” ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆
  • < ʒō-, plus plural m ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆
  • < ᴹ√ƷO “from, away, from among, out of” ✧ Ety/ƷŌ̆ (ƷŌ̆); Ety/WŌ (ƷŌ̆)

ᴱQ. -o suf. “genitive ending” (Category: Noun Inflection)

References ✧ GG/10

Variations

• -o ✧ GG/10

Inflections

-ron	plural	✧ GG/10
ion	plural	✧ GG/10

Cognates

• G. -a “genitive suffix” ✧ GG/10 (ion); GG/10
• G. -n “genitive suffix” ✧ GG/10 (thon)

Derivations

• < ᴱ✶-ō ✧ GG/10 (-i + ō + n); GG/10

Phonetic Developments

ᴱ✶-i + ō + n > ion	[-iōn] > [-ion]	✧ GG/10
ᴱ✶ō > -o	[-ō] > [-o]	✧ GG/10