Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/awéidō

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

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Etymology

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Unknown. Related nouns such as *awoidós (singer), *awoidā́ (song) suggest a Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weyd-,[1] but no cognates in other Indo-European languages are known.[2] Compare, however, Albanian ëzë.

According to Calvert Watkins, Sanskrit वाद (vāda) may be cognate, from *h₂wed- or *h₂weyd-. Julius Pokorny has *au̯ed- (to speak), IEW, p.76. See also αὐδή (audḗ). See also Sanskrit उद्यते (udyate, to be said or spoken), the passive form of वद् (vad).

Verb

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*awéidō

  1. to sing

Inflection

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[3]

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: ἀείδω (aeídō), ᾄδω (ā́idō)Attic, except in Aeschylus
    • Esperanto: aedo

References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀείδω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 23
  3. ^ Andrew L. Sihler (1995) “Part VI: Conjugation”, in New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, 1st edition, New York, N.Y., Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1995, →ISBN, pages 461, 462, 514