Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/kórwā

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

Feminine form ( +‎ *-ā) of *kórwos (“boy”), literally, “the growing one”, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₃- (“to grow”). See also Ancient Greek κορέννυμι (korénnumi, “to satiate”).[1]

Noun

*kórwā f

  1. girl

Inflection

Ā-stem, feminine
singular dual plural
nominative *kórwā *kórwae *kórwai
vocative *kórwā *kórwae *kórwai
accusative *kórwān *kórwae *kórwans
genitive *kórwās *kórwayyun *kórwāōn
dative *kórwāi *kórwayyun *kórwais
locative *kórwāi? *? *kórwāhi
instrumental *kórwā *? *kórwāis

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek:
    Aeolic Greek: κόρα (kóra)
    Attic Greek: κόρη (kórē)
    Doric Greek: κώρα (kṓra)
    Ionic Greek: κούρη (koúrē)
    Arcadocypriot Greek: κόρϝα (kórwa)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀷 (ko-wa /⁠kórwā⁠/)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόρη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 752-3
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