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Supine

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Verbal Noun

Hittite

Clitic

clitic

Conjugation

ttari

āri

Latin

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Preterite

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Inflected infinitive

Comparison degree

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Old English

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Numeral

masculine

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neuter

Stem class

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Verb type

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preterite-present

Weak preterite suffix

-ed-

-od-

Old Frisian

Interjection

Noun gender

Noun class

Verb class

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Old High German

Old Irish

Middle

Deverbal form

Past participle

Infinitive

Comparative degree

Definite State

Definite

Old Norse

Declension type

Strong Type 2

Preterite Present

1st Conjugation

2nd Conjugation

3rd Conjugation

4th Conjugation

v-strong-1

v-strong-2

v-strong-3

v-strong-4

v-strong-5

v-strong-6

v-strong-7

Genitive type

Stem type

-ijo-

-nd-

-ð-

Comparative formation

adj-comp-ri

Old Saxon

Proto-Anatolian

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Proto-Celtic

Vocative

Proto-Germanic

v-strong

v-weak

Injunctive

Proto-Indo-European

Accent-ablaut paradigm

Hysterokinetic

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Amphikinetic

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Proto-Italic

Proto-Northwest Germanic

Proto-Tocharian

Proto-West Germanic

Sanskrit

Oblique

Perlative

Comitative

Causal

Verbal noun

Tocharian B

Proper Name

Umbrian

oe-gen

-s{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅/-es{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅/-e/-e{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅/-an

oe-acc

-e/-e{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅/-n/-an

oe-dat

-e{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅/-e/-an

oe-nom-pl

-g-as{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅æ > a/-g-u{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅æ > a/-a/-a{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅/-ru/-an

oe-acc-pl

oe-gen-pl

-g-a{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅æ > a/-a/-a{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅/-ena/-ra

oe-dat-pl

-g-um{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅æ > a/-umæ > a/-um{æ|e|o} > ∅, i > ∅, {u|y} > ∅æ > a/-um/-rum

oe-adj-strong-nom-pl-m

oe-restoration-of-a

oe-participle

From	To	Gloss	Steps	Expected
kanešš-	kaniššan	recognize	kanešš- > kaneššant > kaneššan	kaneššan
ḫarrant-	ḫarran	damaged	ḫarrant- > ḫarran
ḫūmant-	ḫūman	every	ḫūmant- > ḫūman
link-	lingan	swear	link- > linkant > lingan
tūrii̯ant-	tūrii̯an	harnessed	tūrii̯ant- > tūrii̯an
ištamašš-	ištamaššan	listen	ištamašš- > ištamaššant > ištamaššan
u̯erii̯e-	u̯erii̯an	call	u̯erii̯e- > u̯erii̯eant > u̯erii̯ean	u̯erii̯ean

From	To	Gloss	Steps	Expected
kāš	kī	this	kāš > ?	?
apāš	apāt	that	apāš > ?	?
kāš	kē	this	kāš > ?	?
šuppala-	šuppalan	cattle	šuppala- > ?	?
šummiš	šummit	poss.1pl	šummiš > ?	?

Etymograph > Indo-European > Hittite > Morphology > hitt-nom-acc-sg-n

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