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proterokinetic

proterokinetic adjective: having a shifting (mobile) accent that falls on the root (alternatively, the first or penultimate syllable of the stem) in the direct case-forms, and on the suffix (alternatively, the ultimate syllable of the stem) in the weak case-forms.

Adjective

proterokinetic (not comparable)

  1. Having a shifting (mobile) accent that falls on the root (alternatively, the first or penultimate syllable of the stem) in the direct case-forms, and on the suffix (alternatively, the ultimate syllable of the stem) in the weak case-forms.
    • The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘thought’ was proterokinetic: nominative singular *mén-ti-s, genitive *mn̥-téy-s.
    • Proterokinetic ('earlier-mobile'): the accent moves between the first syllable and the stem. As in the acrostatic type, ablauting endings were in zero grade. The type is clearly seen in the ablauting u-stem neuters and their analogs, as *doru 'tree, wood', gen. *drews (that is, *dór-u, *dr-éw-s)...1995, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford University Press, page 279
    Synonyms:
    proterodynamic

Examples of proterokinetic in a sentence

  • Proterokinetic ('earlier-mobile'): the accent moves between the first syllable and the stem.1995, Andrew L. Sihler, New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford University Press, page 279:
  • In proterokinetic nouns, the root is in the full grade and accented in the strong cases, and both accent and full grade shift to the suffix in the weak cases.2010, Benjamin W. Fortson IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 120:

Synonyms of proterokinetic

Origin of proterokinetic

From protero- + kinetic.

Questions about proterokinetic

What does proterokinetic mean?
Proterokinetic means having a shifting (mobile) accent that falls on the root (alternatively, the first or penultimate syllable of the stem) in the direct case-forms, and on the suffix (alternatively, the ultimate syllable of the stem) in the weak case-forms.
How do you use proterokinetic in a sentence?
Proterokinetic ('earlier-mobile'): the accent moves between the first syllable and the stem.
What part of speech is proterokinetic?
Proterokinetic is an adjective.

Words near proterokinetic in the dictionary

  1. proteroglyphs
  2. proterogynous
  3. proterogyny
  4. proterogyrinid
  5. proterogyrinids
  6. proterokinetic
  7. proterosuchian
  8. proterosuchid
  9. proterosuchids
  10. proterothere
  11. proterotheriid

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