Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁ógʷʰis
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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 edit
Etymology edit
Reconstruction edit
Beekes reconstructs *h₃égʷʰis because "the absence of reflexes of Brugmann's Law points to IE e-vocalism".
EIEC claims that the original form was acrostatic ablauting *h₁ógʷʰis, genitive *h₁égʷʰis
Noun edit
*h₁ógʷʰis f
- snake
- a mythic serpent or dragon that is slain by a great hero in Indo-European mythology
- *(ís) h₁ógʷʰim gʷʰent ― he killed the serpent (literally, “(he) [the] serpent [he] killed”)
Usage notes edit
*h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”) has replaced this word in most of the Western and Central Indo-European dialects.
Inflection edit
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *h₁ógʷʰis | ||
| genitive | *h₁égʷʰis | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *h₁ógʷʰis | *h₁ógʷʰih₁(e) | *h₁ógʷʰeyes |
| vocative | *h₁ógʷʰi | *h₁ógʷʰih₁(e) | *h₁ógʷʰeyes |
| accusative | *h₁ógʷʰim | *h₁ógʷʰih₁(e) | *h₁ógʷʰims |
| genitive | *h₁égʷʰis | *? | *h₁égʷʰyoHom |
| ablative | *h₁égʷʰis | *? | *h₁égʷʰimos |
| dative | *h₁égʷʰyey | *? | *h₁égʷʰimos |
| locative | *h₁égʷʰi | *? | *h₁égʷʰisu |
| instrumental | *h₁égʷʰih₁ | *? | *h₁égʷʰimis |
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: իժ (iž)
- Proto-Germanic: *agwiz
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *egalaz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-West Germanic: *agi
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *agiþahsijā (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *ókʷʰis
- Ancient Greek: ὄφις (óphis)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háǰʰiš (see there for further descendants)
- >? Proto-Tocharian: *ewk (< *ekw)[1]
- Tocharian B: auk
References edit
- ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “1auk”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 135–136
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1135
- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 529