Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Beekes gives Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr (morning mist), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsḗr, from *h₂ews- (dawn; east). Cognate with αὔρᾱ (aúrā) (< *h₂éwsreh₂), Latin aurōra.[1] The a was lengthened to ā by compensatory lengthening.

Sihler gives Proto-Hellenic *āwḗr (morning mist) but provides no further etymology.[2][3] See Albanian fjur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗrm (genitive ᾱ̓έρος); third declension

  1. mist
  2. air
  3. wind
  4. space, volume
  5. blue or grey (the colour of the sky)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: αέρας (aéras), αήρ m (aḯr)
    • Aromanian: aerã, erã
  • Aramaic:
    Syriac script: ܐܐܪ (ʾāʾar)
  • English: aero-
  • Old Georgian: აერი (aeri)
    Georgian: ჰაერი (haeri)
  • Hebrew: אֲוִיר (ʾăwîr)
  • Latin: āēr (see there for further descendants)

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ᾱ̓ήρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 54
  3. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 284 A

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