Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eyǵ-
Proto-Indo-European
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edit*h₂eyǵ-
Derived terms
edit- *h₂éyǵ-s
- *h₂(e)iǵ-yeh₂-
- Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: այծի (ayci)
- Proto-Armenian:
- Unsorted formation:
Etymology 2
editNoun
edit*h₂eyǵ-
Reconstruction notes
editDisplays unusual suffixing in most descendants. May be an old, widespread substrate term in Europe;[1] compare Basque ezkur (“acorn”).[2] Kroonen notes that root nouns in Germanic are frequently of unexplained/substrate origen.
Derived terms
edit- Unsorted formations:
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 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
- ^ 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