Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/əgʷelpʰós

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 *sm̥-gʷelbʰ-ós (“one/same womb”). The initial /h/ is lost due to Grassmann's Law. Cognate with Sanskrit सगर्भ्य (ságarbhya, “brother”).[1]

Noun

*əgʷelpʰós m

  1. brother
    Synonym: *pʰrā́tēr

Inflection

O-stem, masc./fem.
singular dual plural
nominative *əgʷelpʰós *əgʷelpʰṓ *əgʷelpʰói
vocative *əgʷelpʰé *əgʷelpʰṓ *əgʷelpʰói
accusative *əgʷelpʰón *əgʷelpʰṓ *əgʷelpʰóns
genitive *əgʷelpʰóyyo *əgʷelpʰóyyun *əgʷelpʰṓn
dative *əgʷelpʰṓi *əgʷelpʰóyyun *əgʷelpʰóis
locative *əgʷelpʰói, -éi — *əgʷelpʰóihi
instrumental *əgʷelpʰṓ — *əgʷelpʰṓis

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀδελφός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
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