Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂elgʷʰós

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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

Etymology

From *h₂elgʷʰ- (“to cost, have value”) +‎ *-ós.

Noun

*h₂elgʷʰós m (non-ablauting)[1][2]

  1. payment, price

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hargʰás (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “32”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 32
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