Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/gʷatiléus

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

Uncertain. Multiple Indo-European etymologies have been advanced. Beekes considers it Pre-Greek in origin.^[1]

Noun

*gʷatiléus m

chief
king

Inflection

Eus-noun, masc./fem.
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gʷatiléus	*gʷatilḗwe	*gʷatilḗwes
vocative	*gʷatiléu	*gʷatilḗwe	*gʷatilḗwes
accusative	*gʷatilḗwə	*gʷatilḗwe	*gʷatilḗwəs
genitive	*gʷatilḗwos	*gʷatilḗwoyyun	*gʷatilḗwōn
dative	*gʷatilḗwei	*gʷatilḗwoyyun	*gʷatiléupʰi
locative	*gʷatilḗwi	*?	*gʷatiléuhi
instrumental	*gʷatilḗwē	*?	*gʷatiléupʰi

Descendants

Ancient Greek: βασιλεύς (basileús), βᾰσῐλῆος (băsĭlêos) — Homeric, genitive, βᾰσῐλῆϝος (băsĭlêwos) — Arcadocypriot, genitive, 𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠵𐠩 (pa-si-le-wo-se) — Cypriot, Cypriot syllabary, βᾰσῐλῆϝς (băsĭlêws) — Arcadocypriot, βαͱιλεύς (bahileús) — Laconian
- Greek: βασιλεύς (vasiléfs), βασιλέας (vasiléas), βασιλιάς (vasiliás)
- Mariupol Greek: васлэ́яс (vasléjas)
- → Arabic: بَاسِل (bāsil, proper name)
- → Coptic: ⲃⲁⲥⲓⲗⲉⲩⲥ (basileus)
- → English: basileus, basilean, basileolatry, basilolatry
- → Medieval Latin: basileus
- → Safaitic: 𐪈𐪊𐪁 (bs¹l /⁠bāsil⁠/, proper name)
Mycenaean Greek: 𐀣𐀯𐀩𐀄 (qa-si-re-u /⁠gʷasiléus⁠/)
- Arcadocypriot Greek: 𐠞𐠪𐠐𐠵𐠩 (pa-si-le-wo-se)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βασιλεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βασιλεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 203

[1]