Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ōyyón

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 Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).[1]

Noun

*ōyyón

  1. egg

Inflection

O-stem, neuter
singular dual plural
nominative *ōyyón *ōyyṓ *ōyyá
vocative *ōyyón *ōyyṓ *ōyyá
accusative *ōyyón *ōyyṓ *ōyyá
genitive *ōyyóyyo *ōyyóyyun *ōyyṓn
dative *ōyyṓi *ōyyóyyun *ōyyóis
locative *ōyyói, -éi *? *ōyyóihi
instrumental *ōyyṓ *? *ōyyṓis

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: ᾠόν (ōión) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ᾠόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1681
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