Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dáḱru

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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

Alternative forms

  • *dr̥ḱ-h₂éḱru, *dr̥ḱ-h₂éḱ-wr̥?
  • *dr̥h₂éḱru, *dr̥h₂éḱwr̥?
  • *dráḱru, *dráḱwr̥?, dráḱr̥?
  • *dáḱr-o-m (Celto-Germanic)

Etymology

Linked to *h₂éḱru in some way, but the derivation is unclear. One possibility is that it is a contraction from earlier *dh₂éḱru, from the compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂éḱru (eye-bitter).[1] This hypothesis explains the Old Armenian reflexes and Proto-Germanic *trahnuz well, but creates other questions. Even aside from the lack of known phonological parallels to such a contraction, it is unclear why the root *derḱ- was used rather than the main word for “eye” in Proto-Indo-European, *h₃ókʷs, though C.J. Ruijgh suggests that the semantic distinction was a meaning “fixed eye” for the former.

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Noun

*dáḱru n[2]

  1. tear (in the eyes)

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *dáḱru
genitive *dḱréws
singular dual plural
nominative *dáḱru *dáḱr̥wih₁ *dáḱruh₂
vocative *dáḱru *dáḱr̥wih₁ *dáḱruh₂
accusative *dáḱru *dáḱr̥wih₁ *dáḱruh₂
genitive *dḱréws *? *dḱréwoHom
ablative *dḱréws *? *dḱrúmos, *dḱrúbʰos
dative *dḱréwey *? *dḱrúmos, *dḱrúbʰos
locative *dḱréw, *dḱréwi *? *dḱrúsu
instrumental *dḱrúh₁ *? *dḱrúmis, *dḱrúbʰis

Reconstruction notes

The Germanic n-stems can be interpreted as evidence of an original heteroclitic declension; see more at *h₂éḱru.

Synonyms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kortlandt, Frederik (1985) “Arm. artawsr ‘tear’”, in Annual of Armenian Linguistics, volume 6, Cleveland: Cleveland State University, section 7, page 60 of 59–61
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN