Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eǵ-

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 1

      Root

      *h₂eǵ- (imperfective)[1][2][3]

      1. to drive
      Derived terms
      Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ- (56 c, 0 e)
      • *h₂éǵ-e-ti (thematic root present)
      • *h₂i-h₂ǵ-é-ti (reduplicated thematic present)[1]
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
          • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
            • Sanskrit: ईजते (ī́jate, to drive)
      • *h₂eǵ-dʰlo-[4]
        • Proto-Italic: *agdlom?
          • Latin: (co)āgulum (see there for further descendants)
      • *h₂éǵ-mn̥ ~ *h₂ǵ-mén-s[2]
        • Proto-Hellenic: *ákʰmə
          • Aeolic Greek: ἄχματα (ákhmata)
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háȷ́ma
        • Proto-Italic: *agmən
          • Latin: agmen
            • Latin: exāmen (see there for further descendants)
      • *h₂óǵ-mo-s (drive, path)
      • *h₂eǵ-nó-s
        • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *agnas
          • Lithuanian: agnùs (agile, energetic)
      • *h₂eǵ-ó-s[5]
        • Proto-Hellenic: *agós
          • Ancient Greek: ἀγός (agós, leader)
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Haȷ́ás (leader)
          • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
            • Sanskrit: अज (ajá, driver)
      • *h₂éǵ-ro-s (field, pasturage)
      • *h₂eǵ-ro- (hunt, slaughter)
        • Proto-Celtic: *agrom (slaughter, battle) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
          • Avestan: 𐬀𐬰𐬭𐬋𐬛𐬀𐬌𐬜𐬍 (azrōdaiδī, hunt)
      • *h₂eḱs- (axis) (possibly)
      • *h₂ǵ-es- (post-PIE)
      • *h₂ǵ-tó-s[2]
        • Proto-Celtic: *ambaxtos
        • Proto-Hellenic: *aktós
          • Ancient Greek: ἐπακτός (epaktós)
        • Proto-Italic: *aktos
          • Latin: āctus (see there for further descendants)
      • *h₂éǵ-tōr ~ *h₂ǵ-trés
        • Proto-Hellenic: *áktōr
          • Ancient Greek: ἄκτωρ (áktōr)
        • Proto-Italic: *aktōr
          • Latin: actor (see there for further descendants)
      • *h₂éǵ-tr-eh₂
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HáštraH (see there for further descendants)
      Unsorted formations
      • Indo-Aryan:
        • Sanskrit: आजि (āji, match, competition)
      • Iranian:
        • Classical Persian: آژیانه (āžiyāna, the marbled field or ground)
        • Classical Persian: آژینه (āžīna, the iron tool which releated to axile)
        • Zazaki: hêga (hēgā, ground, earth) (maybe from un-iranian roots)
      • Proto-Tocharian: *ekäñye- (possibly)[7]
      Descendants

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂eg̑-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 255-256
      2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*h₂eg̑-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 267-277
      3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “agō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 30-31
      4. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
      5. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ajá- [1]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 19
      6. ^ Lambert, Pierre-Yves, Pinault, Georges-Jean (2007) Gaulois et celtique continental[1], page 191
      7. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “ekaññi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 79
      8. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 38-39

      Further reading

      Etymology 2

        The alternation with *h₂eyǵ- could suggest a substratum loan.[1]

        Root

        *h₂eǵ-

        1. goat
        Derived terms
        Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ- (goat) (1 c, 0 e)
        • *h₂eǵ-ó-s[1]
          • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Haȷ́ás (goat) (see there for further descendants)
        • *h₂eǵ-i-no- (of a goat; goat-skin)[2]
          • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *āˀźina
            • Lithuanian: oženà f (goat-skin), oži̇̀nis (goat, adj.)
            • Proto-Slavic: *azьno n (goat-skin) (see there for further descendants)
          • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
            • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
              • Sanskrit: अजिन n (ajína, skin (of an animal, esp. goat), hide; pelt, fur; leather bag)
            • Proto-Iranian:
              • Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬧𐬙 (azinauuaṇt, wearing a skin)
        Unsorted formations
        • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *āˀźis
          • Latvian: āzis
          • Lithuanian: ožỹs m, ožkà f
          • Old Prussian: wosux (vōzuks)
          • Proto-Slavic: *azь (see there for further descendants)
          • Proto-Finnic: *voohi (see there for further descendants)

        References

        1. 1.0 1.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “ajá- [2]”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 19-20
        2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*azьno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 31–32

        Further reading