Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kū-

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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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Alternative reconstructions

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Root

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*kū-

  1. to cry out, call, howl

Etymology

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Possibly onomatopoeic in origin.

Descendants

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Unsorted formations
  • Old Armenian: քուք (kʻukʻ, “to groan, moan, wail, sigh”)[3]
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Baltic:
      • Lithuanian: kaukti (“to howl, yell, roar”)[4]
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: κωκύω (kōkúō, “to wail, shriek, especially in lament”) (possibly, also possibly onomatopoeic)[5]
  • Proto-Germanic: *hūwilōną[6] (disputed)[7] (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: कौति (kauti, “to hum, cry out, vocalize”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian B: kauk- (“to call out, entreat”)[9]

References

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  1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kauk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 223
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1474”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1474
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “Proto-Indo-European/kū-”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  4. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kauk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 223
  5. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  6. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “535-36”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 535-36
  7. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “huilen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  8. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1474”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1474
  9. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kauk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 223
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