Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ďṓyyon

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Pre-Hellenic *gʷyṓwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃w-y-om, by metathesis from *gʷeyh₃- (to live) via *gʷih₃-w-ós (alive); compare *ďōwós from *gʷyeh₃-w-ós.[1]

Noun

*ďṓyyon n

  1. animal, creature, beast

Inflection

O-stem, neuter
Nominative *ďṓyyon
Genitive *ďṓyyoyyo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
Vocative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
Accusative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
Genitive *ďṓyyoyyo *ďṓyyoyyun *ďṓyyōn
Dative *ďṓyyōi *ďṓyyoyyun *ďṓyyois
Locative *ďṓyyoi, -ei ? *ďṓyyoihi
Instrumental *ďṓyyō ? *ďṓyyōis

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: ζῷον (zôion)
    • Greek: ζώο (zóo)
    • Coptic: ⲍⲱⲟⲛ (zōon)
    • English: zoon, zoo-, zo-, -zoic
    • Russian: зоо- (zoo-)
    • Translingual: Mycetozoa (taxonomic infraphylum)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω (> DER > ζώϊον, ζῷον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505