Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dáḱru

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 earlier *dh₂éḱru, from the compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru (“eye bitter”).

Noun

*dáḱru n[1]

tear (in the eyes)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

*h₂éḱru

Descendants

Proto-Anatolian:
- Hittite: 𒅖𒄩𒄴𒊒 (išḫaḫru)
Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: արտաւսր (artawsr, “tear”) (*draḱru-)
- Old Armenian: արտասուք (artasukʻ, “tears”) (*draḱu-)
  - Armenian: արտասուք (artasukʻ), արցունք (arcʻunkʻ)
Proto-Celtic: *dakrom
- Proto-Brythonic: *dagr
  - Cornish: dagr
- Old Irish: dér, dǽr
  - Middle Irish: dér f
    - Irish: deoir
    - Scottish Gaelic: deur
    - Manx: jeir
Proto-Celtic: *dakrū (plural or collective) < *dáḱruh₂ pl
- Proto-Brythonic: *dėgr
  - Middle Welsh: deigyr
    - Welsh: deigr (archaic)
      - ⇒ Welsh: deigryn
Proto-Germanic: *tahrą (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: δάκρυ (dákru), δάκρυον (dákruon)
  - Greek: δάκρυ (dákry)
  - → English: dacryo-
Proto-Italic:
- Old Latin: dacruma, dacrima
  - Latin: lacruma, lacrima (see there for further descendants)

References

Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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[1] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN