Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lówksneh₂
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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 *lewk- (“to shine”) + *-sneh₂. Alternatively from *lewk-s- + *-néh₂, from the s-stem of the same root (compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas (“day; light”)). In this case, originally a substantivized adjective *lewk-s-nó-s or *lowk-s-nó-s (“shiny, bright”) (compare Middle High German liehsen (“bright”) from *léwk-s-no-s, Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) from *luk-s-nó-s[1]), as the divergent meanings of Avestan, Persian and Old Prussian indicate, and the fact that Iranian has cognates that are adjectives, not nouns. The original Proto-Indo-European lexeme for "moon" was apparently *mḗh₁n̥s, and *lówksneh₂ may have originated as a later poetic synonym.
Noun
[edit]Inflection
[edit]| Thematic in *-eh₂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *lówksneh₂ | ||
| genitive | *lówksneh₂s | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *lówksneh₂ | — | — |
| vocative | *lówksneh₂ | — | — |
| accusative | *lówksnām | — | — |
| genitive | *lówksneh₂s | — | — |
| ablative | *lówksneh₂s | — | — |
| dative | *lówksneh₂ey | — | — |
| locative | *lówksneh₂, *lówksneh₂i | — | — |
| instrumental | *lówksneh₂h₁ | — | — |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Armenian:
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *láukšnāˀ (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *lukšás
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ráwkšnaH
- Proto-Iranian: *ráwxšnaH (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *louksnā[4] (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “352”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page lūna
- ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 56: “*lewk-sneH₂-”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lauxnos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 561: “*louk-sneh₂”
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lūna”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 354: “*louksnā-”
Further reading
[edit]- Blažek, Václav (2005) “Astronomická terminologie v indoevropských jazycích”, in Sborník prací Filosofické fakulty brněnské univerzity , volume 54, number A53, 3. *lou̯k(e)sno-/-(e)snā, page 35