Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/agorā́

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 *h₂goréh₂ or equivalently *agéřřō +‎ *-ā́, from *h₂ger- (“to gather”).[1]

Noun

*agorā́ f

  1. market

Inflection

Ā-stem, feminine
singular dual plural
nominative *agorā́ *agoráe *agorái
vocative *agorā́ *agoráe *agorái
accusative *agorā́n *agoráe *agoráns
genitive *agorā́s *agoráyyun *agorā́ōn
dative *agorā́i *agoráyyun *agoráis
locative *agorā́i? *? *agorā́hi
instrumental *agorā́ *? *agorā́is

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: ἀγορά (agorá) (see there for further descendants)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀀𐀒𐀨 (a-ko-ra)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀγοράζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
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