Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/gʷoukólos

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷólos (“herder”), from *kʷel- (“to turn; to settle, cultivate”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *boukolyos.

Noun

*gʷoukólos m

1. cowherd

Inflection

O-stem, masc./fem.
Nominative	*gʷoukólos
Genitive	*gʷoukóloyyo
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*gʷoukólos	*gʷoukólō	*gʷoukóloi
Vocative	*gʷoukóle	*gʷoukólō	*gʷoukóloi
Accusative	*gʷoukólon	*gʷoukólō	*gʷoukólons
Genitive	*gʷoukóloyyo	*gʷoukóloyyun	*gʷoukólōn
Dative	*gʷoukólōi	*gʷoukóloyyun	*gʷoukólois
Locative	*gʷoukóloi, -ei	?	*gʷoukóloihi
Instrumental	*gʷoukólō	?	*gʷoukólōis

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: βουκόλος (boukólos)
• Mycenaean Greek: 𐀦𐀄𐀒𐀫 (qo-u-ko-ro /⁠gʷoukolos⁠/)