Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂egʷnós

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

Etymology

From *h₂egʷ- +‎ *-nós. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

*h₂egʷnós (non-ablauting)

1. lamb

   Synonym: *wr̥h₁ḗn

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*h₂egʷnós
genitive	*h₂egʷnósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂egʷnós	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóes
vocative	*h₂egʷné	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóes
accusative	*h₂egʷnóm	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóms
genitive	*h₂egʷnósyo	*?	*h₂egʷnóHom
ablative	*h₂egʷnéad	*?	*h₂egʷnómos, *h₂egʷnóbʰos
dative	*h₂egʷnóey	*?	*h₂egʷnómos, *h₂egʷnóbʰos
locative	*h₂egʷnéy, *h₂egʷnóy	*?	*h₂egʷnóysu
instrumental	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*?	*h₂egʷnṓys

Descendants

• Proto-Albanian: *agnjā
  • Albanian: enjë
• Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Proto-Slavic: *agnę (< *h₂egʷ-n-ent-, Winter's law) (see there for further descendants)
  • >? Proto-Baltic: *ōgnas (not attested in any Baltic language)
    • >? Proto-Finnic: *vootna (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Celtic: *ognos (initial vowel influenced by *owis (“ewe, sheep”))
  • Proto-Brythonic: *oɨn
    • Breton: oan
    • Old Cornish: oin
    • Welsh: oen
  • Old Irish: úan
    • Irish: uan
    • Manx: eayn
    • Scottish Gaelic: uan
• Proto-Germanic: *aunaz (influenced by *awiz (“ewe, sheep”))
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *aunōną (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: ἀμνός (amnós) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *agʷnos
  • Latin: agnus (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *agʷnelos (diminutive)
    • Latin: avillus (< *agʷn̥los)

References

• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 510