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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éyeri

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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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Etymology

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From *h₂ey- (day, morning) +‎ *-eri (locative adverbial suffix).

Adverb

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*h₂éyeri[1][2]

  1. early, in the morning

Derived terms

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  • >? *h₂éyery-o-s[3]
  • >? *h₂éyeri-h₁d-to-m[1][4][5]
  • >? *h₂éyery-o-s

Descendants

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  • Proto-Germanic: *airi (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Hellenic: (or < *h₂ews-er-i < *h₂ews-[6])

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ā̆ier-, ā̆ien-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 12
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎[1], Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*airi”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12
  4. ^ Beekes, R. S. P. (1981) “The neuter plural and the vocalization of the laryngeals in Avestan”, in Indo-Iranian Journal, volume 23
  5. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202:*H₂eyeri-d-to-
  6. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἦρι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525