Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁é

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

Alternative forms

• *é

Adverb

*h₁é

1. and, then

Derived terms

• (perhaps) *h₁e-ǵʰs
• *h₁é-nos
• *h₁é-ti
• *h₁edʰ-

Descendants

In Armenian, Greek, Indo-Iranian, and Phrygian, this adverb eventually became the augment, an inseparable part of the past tense.

• Ancient Greek: ἐ- (e-) (contracts with vowel-initial verbs)
  • Greek: έ- (é-)
• Old Armenian: ե- (e-), է- (ē-) (contracted form)
• Phrygian: ε- (e-)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Há- (see there for further descendants)

See also

• Appendix:Glossary#augment

Further reading

• augment (Indo-European) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia