Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eyǵ-

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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 1

Noun

*h₂eyǵ-

  2. goat
Derived terms
  • *h₂éyǵ-s
    • Proto-Hellenic: *aíks
      • Ancient Greek: αἴξ (aíx) (see there for further descendants)
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐁁𐀼 (ai-za)
  • *h₂(e)iǵ-yeh₂-
    • Proto-Armenian:
  • Unsorted formation:
    • Proto-Albanian: *aidzijā
    • Proto-Albanian: *agnjā
    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: այծ (ayc) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *āˀźis
      • Latvian: āzis
      • Lithuanian: ožỹs
      • Old Prussian: wosux (vōzuks)
      • Proto-Slavic: *azь (see there for further descendants)
      • → Proto-Finnic: *voohi (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Haȷ́ás (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Noun

*h₂eyǵ-

  2. oak
Reconstruction notes

Displays unusual suffixing in most descendants. May be an old, widespread substrate term in Europe; compare Basque ezkur (“acorn”). Kroonen notes that root nouns in Germanic are frequently of unexplained/substrate origin.

Derived terms
  • Unsorted formations:
Descendants
  • Proto-Germanic: *aiks (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aesculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 9–10
  3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰγίλωψ, -ωπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
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