Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/wóikos

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 *wóyḱos, from *weyḱ- (“to settle”).[1]

Noun

*wóikos m

  1. a settlement
  2. tent, dwelling, house, temple
  3. "a settler", small farmer, tenant, neighbor, dependents, family, vassals
  4. entrance, ingress

Inflection

O-stem, masc./fem.
singular dual plural
nominative *wóikos *wóikō *wóikoi
vocative *wóike *wóikō *wóikoi
accusative *wóikon *wóikō *wóikons
genitive *wóikoyyo *wóikoyyun *wóikōn
dative *wóikōi *wóikoyyun *wóikois
locative *wóikoi, -ei — *wóikoihi
instrumental *wóikō — *wóikōis

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: οἶκος (oîkos)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀺𐀒 (wo-ko)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “οἶκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1055-6
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