Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/gʷonā
Proto-Hellenic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (“woman”).[1]
Noun
edit*gʷonā f
Inflection
editĀ stem, irregular | |||
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Nominative | *gʷonā́ | ||
Genitive | *gʷonaikós | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | *gʷonā́ | *gʷonáike | *gʷonáikes |
Vocative | *gʷonái | *gʷonáike | *gʷonáikes |
Accusative | *gʷonáikə | *gʷonáike | *gʷonáikəs |
Genitive | *gʷonaikós | *gʷonaikóin | *gʷonaikṓn |
Dative | *gʷonaikéi | *gʷonaikóin | *gʷonáikpʰi |
Locative | *gʷonaikí | ? | *gʷonáiksi |
Instrumental | *gʷonáike | ? | *gʷonáikpʰi |
Descendants
edit- Ancient Greek: γυνή (gunḗ), βανά (baná) — Boeotian, γυνά (guná) — Doric
- ⇒ Mycenaean Greek: 𐀓𐀙𐀊 (ku-na-ja)
References
edit- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γυνή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-2