What does "hysterokinetic" mean?

Of Indo-European nouns, characterised by having an accent on the suffix in strong cases, which shifts to the ending in weak cases.

What is a synonym for "hysterokinetic"?

Common synonyms include: acrostatic, amphikinetic, hysterodynamic, proterokinetic.

Pronounced //ˌhɪstəɹəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk//.

//ˌhɪstəɹəʊkɪˈnɛtɪk// adj

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Adjective

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Of Indo-European nouns, characterised by having an accent on the suffix in strong cases, which shifts to the ending in weak cases. not-comparable
"The PIE word for ‘father’ was hysterokinetic: nominative singular *ph₂-tér-s, genitive *ph₂-tr-és."

"The PIE word for ‘father’ was hysterokinetic: nominative singular *ph₂-tér-s, genitive *ph₂-tr-és."

From hystero- + kinetic.

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