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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂egʷnós

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 *h₂egʷ- + *-nós. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

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*h₂egʷnós

  1. lamb
    Synonym: *wr̥h₁ḗn

Inflection

Thematic
singular
nominative *h₂egʷnós
genitive *h₂egʷnósyo
singular dual plural
nominative *h₂egʷnós *h₂egʷnóh₁ *h₂egʷnóes
vocative *h₂egʷné *h₂egʷnóh₁ *h₂egʷnóes
accusative *h₂egʷnóm *h₂egʷnóh₁ *h₂egʷnóms
genitive *h₂egʷnósyo *? *h₂egʷnóHom
ablative *h₂egʷnéad *? *h₂egʷnómos
dative *h₂egʷnóey *? *h₂egʷnómos
locative *h₂egʷnéy, *h₂egʷnóy *? *h₂egʷnóysu
instrumental *h₂egʷnóh₁ *? *h₂egʷnṓys

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *agnjā[1]
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Slavic: *agnę (< *h₂egʷ-n-ent-, Winter's law) (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Baltic: *ōgnas (not attested in any Baltic language)
      • >? Proto-Finnic: *vootna (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *ognos (initial vowel influenced by *owis (ewe, sheep))
    • Proto-Brythonic: *oɨn
    • Old Irish: úan
  • Proto-Germanic: *aunaz (influenced by *awiz (ewe, sheep))
    • Proto-Germanic: *aunōną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἀμνός (amnós) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *agʷnos
    • Latin: agnus (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *agʷnelos (diminutive)
      • Latin: avillus (< *agʷn̥los)

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “enjë ~ êjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
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