Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwis

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwis. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwis, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwis in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwis you have here. The definition of the word Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwis will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofReconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwis, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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

Etymology

Pooth argues that *h₂éwis and *h₂ówis (sheep) are related and both from a root *h₂ew- (dress, be dressed, clothe oneself). *h₂éwis would mean "the one who is clothed (in feathers)", and *h₂ówis "the one that produces clothing (from wool)", the latter having detransitive or middle meaning marked by *o.

Noun

*h₂éwis f

  1. bird

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *h₂éwis
genitive *h₂wéys
singular dual plural
nominative *h₂éwis *h₂éwih₁(e) *h₂éweyes
vocative *h₂éwi *h₂éwih₁(e) *h₂éweyes
accusative *h₂éwim *h₂éwih₁(e) *h₂éwims
genitive *h₂wéys *? *h₂wéyoHom
ablative *h₂wéys *? *h₂wímos
dative *h₂wéyey *? *h₂wímos
locative *h₂wéy, *h₂wḗy *? *h₂wísu
instrumental *h₂wíh₁ *? *h₂wímis

Descendants

  • Proto-Armenian:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hwíš (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *awis (see there for further descendants)

Derived terms

Unsorted formations

References

  1. ^ Invalid params in call to Template:R:ine:Pooth:2015: 1=38Pooth, Roland A. (2015), “Proto-Indo-European Nominal Morphology. Part 1. The Noun”, in Language Arts 1
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 143: “*hₐewei- 'bird'”
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “avis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 65-66
  4. ^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 143: “*hₐō(w)i-om 'egg'”
  5. 5.0 5.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “αίετός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 35
  6. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “shotë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 75: “*sjāutā”