Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/gʷoukólos

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos, from *gʷṓws (cow) + *kʷólos (herder), from *kʷel- (to turn; to settle, cultivate). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *boukolyos.

Noun edit

*gʷoukólos m

  1. cowherd

Inflection edit

O-stem, masc./fem.
Nominative *gʷoukólos
Genitive *gʷoukóloyyo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *gʷoukólos *gʷoukólō *gʷoukóloi
Vocative *gʷoukóle *gʷoukólō *gʷoukóloi
Accusative *gʷoukólon *gʷoukólō *gʷoukólons
Genitive *gʷoukóloyyo *gʷoukóloyyun *gʷoukólōn
Dative *gʷoukólōi *gʷoukóloyyun *gʷoukólois
Locative *gʷoukóloi, -ei ? *gʷoukóloihi
Instrumental *gʷoukólō ? *gʷoukólōis

Descendants edit

  • Ancient Greek: βουκόλος (boukólos)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀦𐀄𐀒𐀫 (qo-u-ko-ro /⁠gʷoukolos⁠/)