Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁óytos

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

Etymology

From the o-grade of *h₁ey- (“to go”), after the practice of walking between slaughtered animals as part of taking an oath.

Noun

*h₁óytos m (non-ablauting)[1][2][3]

  1. oath

Declension

Thematic
singular
nominative *h₁óytos
genitive *h₁óytosyo
singular dual plural
nominative *h₁óytos *h₁óytoh₁ *h₁óytoes
vocative *h₁óyte *h₁óytoh₁ *h₁óytoes
accusative *h₁óytom *h₁óytoh₁ *h₁óytoms
genitive *h₁óytosyo *? *h₁óytoHom
ablative *h₁óytead *? *h₁óytomos, *h₁óytobʰos
dative *h₁óytoey *? *h₁óytomos, *h₁óytobʰos
locative *h₁óytey, *h₁óytoy *? *h₁óytoysu
instrumental *h₁óytoh₁ *? *h₁óytōys

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: οἶτος (oîtos)
  • Proto-Celtic: *oitos
    • Old Irish: óeth
    • ⇒ Old Welsh: an-utonau
  • Proto-Germanic: *aiþaz (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “h₁óitos”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 408
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*oyto-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*aiþa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 15
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