Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/əgatʰós

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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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂-dʰh₁-ós (literally great-doing); compare Latin magnificus. However, Beekes is skeptical of the semantics; see ἀγαθός (agathós) for more.[1][2]

Adjective

*əgatʰós

  1. good

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (1996) “Ancient European Loanwords”, in Historische Sprachforschung, volume 109, § 6. Gr. ἀγαθός – Goth. gods, page 227-230 of 215–236
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀγαθός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 7