Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eyǵ-

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

*h₂eyǵ-

  1. goat
Derived terms edit
  • *h₂éyǵ-s
    • Proto-Hellenic: *aíks
      • Ancient Greek: αἴξ (aíx) (see there for further descendants)
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐁁𐀼 (ai-za)
  • *h₂(e)iǵ-yeh₂-
    • Proto-Armenian:
  • Unsorted formation:
    • Proto-Albanian: *aidzijā
    • Proto-Albanian: *agnjā
    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: այծ (ayc) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *āˀźis
      • Latvian: āzis
      • Lithuanian: ožỹs
      • Old Prussian: wosux (vōzuks)
      • Proto-Slavic: *azь (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Finnic: *voohi (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Haȷ́ás (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

*h₂eyǵ-

  1. oak
Reconstruction notes edit

Displays unusual suffixing in most descendants. May be an old, widespread substrate term in Europe;[1] compare Basque ezkur (acorn).[2] Kroonen notes that root nouns in Germanic are frequently of unexplained/substrate origin.

Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Proto-Germanic: *aiks[2] (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aesculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 9–10
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰγίλωψ, -ωπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32