Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵʰésōr

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Alternative reconstructions

  • *ǵʰésr̥ ~ *ǵʰs-r-és[1][2]
  • *ǵʰs-ḗr ~ *ǵʰs-r-és[3]

Etymology

    From *ǵʰes- +‎ *-ōr.

    Noun

    *ǵʰésōr f[4][3]

    1. hand

    Inflection

    Athematic, amphikinetic
    singular
    nominative *ǵʰésōr
    genitive *ǵʰsrés
    singular dual plural
    nominative *ǵʰésōr *ǵʰésorh₁(e) *ǵʰésores
    vocative *ǵʰésor *ǵʰésorh₁(e) *ǵʰésores
    accusative *ǵʰésorm̥ *ǵʰésorh₁(e) *ǵʰésorm̥s
    genitive *ǵʰsrés *? *ǵʰsróHom
    ablative *ǵʰsrés *? *ǵʰsr̥mós, *ǵʰsr̥bʰós
    dative *ǵʰsréy *? *ǵʰsr̥mós, *ǵʰsr̥bʰós
    locative *ǵʰsér, *ǵʰséri *? *ǵʰsr̥sú
    instrumental *ǵʰsréh₁ *? *ǵʰsr̥mís, *ǵʰsr̥bʰís

    Derived terms

    • *ǵʰsr-ó-
      • *ǵʰr̥s-ó-s (with metathesis)
        • >? Proto-Celtic: *garros ((calf of the) leg, shank) (earlier “limb”?)[5] (see there for further descendants)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Albanian: *dāsrā (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Anatolian: *ǵésōr ~ *ǵsrós (see there for further descendants)
    • Armenian:
    • Proto-Hellenic: *kʰéhər
      • Ancient Greek:
        Aeolic Greek: χέρρ (khérrh, acc.sg.)
        Doric Greek: χέρς (khérs), χήρ (khḗr)
        Ionic Greek: χείρ (kheír)
      • *kʰéhrnikʷs (< + *neygʷ- (to wash))
        • Ancient Greek: χέρνιψ (khérnips, water for washing the hands)
        • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀐𐀛𐀣 (ke-ni-qa /⁠kʰéhrnigʷa⁠/, acc.sg.) (= χέρνιβα (khérniba))
    • Proto-Italic: *hezor
    • Proto-Tocharian: *ṣar[3]

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χείρ, χειρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1620-1621
    2. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “keššar / kiššer- / kišr-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 545-547
    3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “ṣar*”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN
    4. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*g̑ʰes-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 170-172
    5. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*garrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 152