Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ōwyóm

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

Reconstruction

The Sanskrit form can be explained as an irregular deformation.

Etymology

Likely a vrddhi derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Noun

*h₂ōwyóm n (non-ablauting)

egg

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*h₂ōwyóm
genitive	*h₂ōwyósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂ōwyóm	*h₂ōwyóy(h₁)	*h₂ōwyéh₂
vocative	*h₂ōwyóm	*h₂ōwyóy(h₁)	*h₂ōwyéh₂
accusative	*h₂ōwyóm	*h₂ōwyóy(h₁)	*h₂ōwyéh₂
genitive	*h₂ōwyósyo	*?	*h₂ōwyóoHom
ablative	*h₂ōwyéad	*?	*h₂ōwyómos
dative	*h₂ōwyóey	*?	*h₂ōwyómos
locative	h₂ōwyéy, h₂ōwyóy	*?	*h₂ōwyóysu
instrumental	*h₂ōwyóh₁	*?	*h₂ōwyṓys

Comment

The form to cover all the reflexes in daughter languages is not completely reconstructable.

Descendants

Armenian: < *yō(w)yo-
- Old Armenian: ձու (ju)
Celtic: *āuyom
- Brythonic:
  - Breton: vi
  - Welsh: wy
  - Cornish: oy
- Old Irish: og
  - Irish: ubh
  - Manx: ooh
  - Scottish Gaelic: ugh, ubh
Germanic: *ajją (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic: *ōyyón
- Ancient Greek: ᾠόν (ōión)
  - Greek: αβγό (avgó)
Indo-Iranian: *Hāwyám
- Indo-Aryan: *Hāwyám
  - Vedic Sanskrit: आण्ड (āṇḍá)
    - Sanskrit: अण्ड (aṇḍá) (see there for further descendants)
- Iranian: *Hāwyám (see there for further descendants)
Italic: *ōwom
- Latin: ōvum (see there for further descendants)
Slavic: *aje, *ajьce (diminutive) (see there for further descendants)

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