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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁órǵʰis

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *h₄órǵʰis
  • *h₃érǵʰis (the h-less hittite form would arise in the zero-grade and get levelled by the ablaut)

Noun

*h₁órǵʰis

  1. testicle

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *h₁órǵʰis
genitive *h₁r̥ǵʰéys
singular dual plural
nominative *h₁órǵʰis *h₁órǵʰih₁(e) *h₁órǵʰeyes
vocative *h₁órǵʰi *h₁órǵʰih₁(e) *h₁órǵʰeyes
accusative *h₁órǵʰim *h₁órǵʰih₁(e) *h₁órǵʰims
genitive *h₁r̥ǵʰéys *? *h₁r̥ǵʰéyoHom
ablative *h₁r̥ǵʰéys *? *h₁r̥ǵʰímos
dative *h₁r̥ǵʰéyey *? *h₁r̥ǵʰímos
locative *h₁r̥ǵʰéy, *h₁r̥ǵʰḗy *? *h₁r̥ǵʰísu
instrumental *h₁r̥ǵʰíh₁ *? *h₁r̥ǵʰímis

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *ardzai
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: [script needed] (arki-)
  • Proto-Armenian:
  • Proto-Celtic: *orgyā
    • Middle Irish: uirge
  • Proto-Hellenic: *órkʰis
    • Ancient Greek: ὄρχις (órkhis) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Iranian:
      • Avestan: 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬍 (ərə)

References

  • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 184
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