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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ékʷeh₂
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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
The roots *h₂ep- (“(body of) water”) and *h₁egʷʰ- (“to drink”) are probably unrelated. A connection to *h₁eḱ- (“swiftness, celerity”) has been proposed, in which case the semantic development would be "that which is swift" > "river" (as attested in Germanic) > "water" (as in Latin).
Inflection
| Thematic in *-eh₂ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ | ||
| genitive | *h₂ékʷeh₂s | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ | — | — |
| vocative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ | — | — |
| accusative | *h₂ékʷām | — | — |
| genitive | *h₂ékʷeh₂s | — | — |
| ablative | *h₂ékʷeh₂s | — | — |
| dative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ey | — | — |
| locative | *h₂ékʷeh₂, *h₂ékʷeh₂i | — | — |
| instrumental | *h₂ékʷeh₂h₁ | — | — |
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *ahwō (“water”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *awjō (“island”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *Skadinawjō (“Scania, Scandinavia”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *awjō (“island”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *akʷā
- Latin: aqua (see there for further descendants)
- Lusitanian: aqua (“river”)
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