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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ōwyóm

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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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Likely a vṛddhi derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”),[1][2][3] though some scholars have argued this as morphologically unlikely.[4]

Noun

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*h₂ōwyóm n (non-ablauting)[5][1][2][3]

  1. egg

Inflection

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Thematic
singular
nominative *h₂ōwyóm
genitive *h₂ōwyósyo
singular dual plural
nominative *h₂ōwyóm *h₂ōwyóy(h₁) *h₂ōwyéh₂
vocative *h₂ōwyóm *h₂ōwyóy(h₁) *h₂ōwyéh₂
accusative *h₂ōwyóm *h₂ōwyóy(h₁) *h₂ōwyéh₂
genitive *h₂ōwyósyo *? *h₂ōwyóHom
ablative *h₂ōwyéad *? *h₂ōwyómos, *h₂ōwyóbʰos
dative *h₂ōwyóey *? *h₂ōwyómos, *h₂ōwyóbʰos
locative *h₂ōwyéy, *h₂ōwyóy *? *h₂ōwyóysu
instrumental *h₂ōwyóh₁ *? *h₂ōwyṓys

Alternative reconstructions

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Derived terms

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  • *h₂ōwi(o)-ko- (diminutive) (probably independent formations)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ṓjika
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hāwyakas

Descendants

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Notes
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  1. ^ Or borrowed from Latin.[8]
  2. ^ With initial j- of uncertain origin, but probably from assimilatory influence of the original medial *-y- in Proto-Armenian. Less likely sporadic or from metathesis.
  3. ^ Loss of *-w- in the cluster.
  4. ^ Regular loss of *-w- after *ō.
  5. ^ Loss of *-y- in the cluster.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōvum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2011) “PIE ‘bird’ and ‘egg’ after Schindler”, in Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, volume 65, pages 287–310
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*ajja-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 17
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Darms, Georges (1978) Schwäher und Schwager, Hahn und Huhn : Die Vr̥ddhi-Ableitung im Germanischen [Schwäher and Schwager, Hahn and Huhn: The Vr̥ddhi Derivation in Germanic] (in German), Munich: R. Kitzinger, pages 322, 509
  5. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ō(u̯)i̯-om”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 783–784
  6. ^ Schindler, Jochem (1969) “Die idg. Wörter für “Vogel” und “Ei” [The [Indo-European] words for ‘bird’ and ‘egg’]”, in Die Sprache (in German), volume 15, pages 144–167
  7. ^ Novák, Ľubomír (2013) Problem of Archaism and Innovation in the Eastern Iranian Languages (PhD dissertation)‎[2], Prague: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, filozofická fakulta, page 183: “Ir. *āu̯i̯a-ka-”
  8. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ve ~ vo”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 497
  9. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ju”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 439
  10. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ȃje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27
  11. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*āwyo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 50
  12. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ᾠόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1681

Further reading

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  • Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 53, 300
  • Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 143: “*hₐō(w)i-om ‘egg’”
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