Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ṓws
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *h₂ew- (“to see”) + *-s (root nominal suffix), with a semantic shift to "to hear" after the split of Anatolian branch.
Reconstruction
[edit]The initial laryngeal must be *h₂ to account for Latin forms auris, aus-cultō, which must reflect e-grade *h₂ews-.
Noun
[edit]*h₂ṓws (oblique stem *h₂éws-)
Inflection
[edit]| Athematic, acrostatic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | collective | |||
| nominative | *h₂ṓws | *h₂éwsōs | ||
| genitive | *h₂éwsos | *h₂usés | ||
| singular | dual | plural | collective | |
| nominative | *h₂ṓws | *h₂ṓwsih₁ | — | *h₂éwsōs |
| vocative | *h₂ṓws | *h₂ṓwsih₁ | — | *h₂éwsōs |
| accusative | *h₂ṓws | *h₂ṓwsih₁ | — | *h₂éwsōs |
| genitive | *h₂éwsos | *? | — | *h₂usés |
| ablative | *h₂éwsos | *? | — | *h₂usés |
| dative | *h₂éwsey | *? | — | *h₂uséy |
| locative | *h₂éws, *h₂éwsi | *? | — | *h₂éws, *h₂éwsi |
| instrumental | *h₂éwsh₁ | *? | — | *h₂uséh₁ |
- Notes
- Acrostatic singular, amphikinetic plural
- Nominative: *h₂óws-s > *h₂ṓws
- Genitive: *h₂éws-s > *h₂ḗws, or *h₂usós
- Dual: *h₂(e)usih₁
- Collective plural: *h₂éw(s)ōs, genitive *h₂u(s)-s-és
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Albanian: *ōusi
- Albanian: vesh
- Proto-Armenian:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *aus-
- Proto-Celtic: *ausos (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *ausô (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HušíH du
- Proto-Iranian: *HušíH (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *auzis
- Unsorted formations:
References
[edit]- Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 173