Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ďṓyyon

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Pre-Hellenic *gʷyṓwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃w-y-om, by metathesis from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”) via *gʷih₃-w-ós (“alive”); compare *ďōwós from *gʷyeh₃-w-ós.[1]

Noun

*ďṓyyon n

  1. animal, creature, beast

Inflection

O-stem, neuter
singular dual plural
nominative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
vocative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
accusative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
genitive *ďṓyyoyyo *ďṓyyoyyun *ďṓyyōn
dative *ďṓyyōi *ďṓyyoyyun *ďṓyyois
locative *ďṓyyoi, -ei *? *ďṓyyoihi
instrumental *ďṓyyō *? *ďṓyyōis

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: ζῷον (zōîon)
    • Greek: ζώο (zóo)
    • → Coptic: ⲍⲱⲟⲛ (zōon)
    • → English: zoon, zoo-, zo-, -zoic
    • → Russian: зоо- (zoo-)
    • ⇒ Translingual: Mycetozoa (taxonomic infraphylum)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω (> DER > ζώϊον, ζῷον)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505
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