Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰéyos

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

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Etymology

From *ǵʰey- (“to drive”) +‎ *-os. A Southern Indo-European word (found only in Armenian and Indo-Iranian), *ǵʰéyos represented a poetic word, belonging to the “language of gods”, as opposed to the usual unmarked *h₁éḱwos.

Noun

*ǵʰéyos m (non-ablauting)

horse
Synonyms: *h₁éḱwos, *márkos, *mendyos

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*ǵʰéyos
genitive	*ǵʰéyosyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǵʰéyos	*ǵʰéyoh₁	*ǵʰéyoes
vocative	*ǵʰéye	*ǵʰéyoh₁	*ǵʰéyoes
accusative	*ǵʰéyom	*ǵʰéyoh₁	*ǵʰéyoms
genitive	*ǵʰéyosyo	*?	*ǵʰéyoHom
ablative	*ǵʰéyead	*?	*ǵʰéyomos
dative	*ǵʰéyoey	*?	*ǵʰéyomos
locative	ǵʰéyey, ǵʰéyoy	*?	*ǵʰéyoysu
instrumental	*ǵʰéyoh₁	*?	*ǵʰéyōys

Derived terms

*ǵʰó(h₂)y-in-kos
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źṓˀjinkas (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Armenian: *jeioh
- Old Armenian: ձի (ji)
  - Armenian: ձի (ji)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́ʰáyas (see there for further descendants)