Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wiHrós
Proto-Indo-European
editEtymology
editAccording to some, *wiHrós is derived from the verb *weyh₁- (“to hunt”) (cf. Sanskrit वेति (véti), Lithuanian výti etc.), which would render the reconstruction as *wih₁rós, with *h₁ at the place of otherwise unreconstructable laryngeal *H, and the original meaning of "hunter".
Noun
edit*wiHrós m (non-ablauting)
Inflection
editThematic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *wiHrós | ||
genitive | *wiHrósyo | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *wiHrós | *wiHróh₁ | *wiHróes |
vocative | *wiHré | *wiHróh₁ | *wiHróes |
accusative | *wiHróm | *wiHróh₁ | *wiHróms |
genitive | *wiHrósyo | *? | *wiHróHom |
ablative | *wiHréad | *? | *wiHrómos |
dative | *wiHróey | *? | *wiHrómos |
locative | *wiHréy, *wiHróy | *? | *wiHróysu |
instrumental | *wiHróh₁ | *? | *wiHrṓys |
Reconstruction notes
editGermanic, Celtic, and Italic forms point to a short *i, with loss of the root laryngeal, which is reconstructed on the basis of Sanskrit and Lithuanian (Balto-Slavic acute, retracted to the root vowel by Hirt's law) forms.
Hypernyms
editDescendants
edit- Proto-Armenian:
- (possibly) Old Armenian: ամուրի (amuri, “husbandless”)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wī́ˀras (“husband, man”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *wiros (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *weraz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *wīros (“hunter”) (possibly)[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wiHrás (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *wiros (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *wir
- Tocharian A: wir (“youthful, young, fresh”)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἱέραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 579-580