Reconstruction:Thracian/argilos
Thracian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *arH-gl̥h₁os, a compound of *h₂r̥h₃w- (“open field”) + *gl̥h₁éys (“mouse, weasel”). The first part is also found in Ancient Greek ἄρουρα (ároura), Sanskrit उर्वरा (urvarā), Latvian ars (“open space”) and Albanian arë (“field”). The second part can be compared to Latin glīs, Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē) and Sanskrit गिरि (giri).
Noun edit
*argilos
Descendants edit
- → Ancient Greek: Ἄργιλος (Árgilos)
References edit
- Witczak, Krzysztof T. (2012) “Studies in Thracian vocabulary (I-VII)”, in Studia Indogermanica Lodziensia[1], volume 7, Łódź, pages 154–156