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

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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*h₁é

  1. and, then

Derived terms

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Descendants

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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)

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Further reading

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