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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃ókʷs

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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 *h₃ekʷ- (to see) + *-s.

Noun

*h₃ókʷs n [1]

  1. eye

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
singular collective
nominative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ékʷsōs
genitive *h₃ékʷs *h₃kʷsés
singular dual plural collective
nominative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ókʷsih₁ *h₃ékʷsōs
vocative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ókʷsih₁ *h₃ékʷsōs
accusative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ókʷsih₁ *h₃ékʷsōs
genitive *h₃ékʷs *? *h₃kʷsés
ablative *h₃ékʷs *? *h₃kʷsés
dative *h₃ékʷey *? *h₃kʷséy
locative *h₃ékʷ, *h₃ékʷi *? *h₃ékʷs, *h₃ékʷsi
instrumental *h₃ékʷh₁ *? *h₃kʷséh₁

No plural form existed, only a dual form, ending in *-ih₁:

Descendants

  • Albanian: sy (from dual form)
  • Armenian:
  • Balto-Slavic: *ak-
  • Germanic: *augô (see there for further descendants)
  • Hellenic:
  • Indo-Iranian: *Hákši (see there for further descendants)
  • Tocharian: *ëk
    • Tocharian A: ak, aśäṃ du
    • Tocharian B: ek

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill
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