Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱléwos

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

Etymology

From *ḱlew- (“to hear”) +‎ *-os.

Noun

*ḱléwos n (oblique stem *ḱléwes-)

1. fame

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*ḱléwos
genitive	*ḱléwesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ḱléwos	*ḱléwesih₁	*ḱléwōs
vocative	*ḱléwos	*ḱléwesih₁	*ḱléwōs
accusative	*ḱléwos	*ḱléwesih₁	*ḱléwōs
genitive	*ḱléwesos	*?	*ḱléwesoHom
ablative	*ḱléwesos	*?	*ḱléwesmos, *ḱléwesbʰos
dative	*ḱléwesey	*?	*ḱléwesmos, *ḱléwesbʰos
locative	*ḱléwes, *ḱléwesi	*?	*ḱléwesu
instrumental	*ḱléwesh₁	*?	*ḱléwesmis, *ḱléwesbʰis

Derived terms

• *h₁némn̥-ḱléw-o-s (literally “fame of name”)
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian A: ñomklyu (“fame”)
    • Tocharian B: ñemkälywe (“fame”)
• *h₁wesu-ḱlew-es (literally “whose fame is good”)
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: वसुश्रवस् (vasuśravas)
  • Liburnian:
    • → Latin: Vescleves-

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *klāusnja (denominative)
  • Albanian: quaj
• Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ślawas (*ew > *ow / _V)
  • Latvian: slava, slave (“rumor, reputation, fame”)
  • Lithuanian: šlãvė (“honor, respect, fame”)
  • Proto-Slavic: *slȍvo (“word”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *klowos (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Germanic: *hlewaz
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᛉ (*hlewaʀ)
    • ⇒ Proto-Norse: ᚺᛚᛖᚹᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (hlewagastiʀ)
• Proto-Hellenic: *kléwos (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćráwas (see there for further descendants)