Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂egʷnós

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

Unknown.

Noun

*h₂egʷnós m^[1]^[2]

lamb
Synonym: *wr̥h₁ḗn

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*h₂egʷnós
genitive	*h₂egʷnósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂egʷnós	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóes
vocative	*h₂egʷné	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóes
accusative	*h₂egʷnóm	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóms
genitive	*h₂egʷnósyo	*?	*h₂egʷnóHom
ablative	*h₂egʷnéad	*?	h₂egʷnómos, h₂egʷnóbʰos
dative	*h₂egʷnóey	*?	h₂egʷnómos, h₂egʷnóbʰos
locative	h₂egʷnéy, h₂egʷnóy	*?	*h₂egʷnóysu
instrumental	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*?	*h₂egʷnṓys

Alternative froms

*h₂egʰnós^[3]
*h₂egʷʰnós^[3]^[4]^[1]

Descendants

Proto-Albanian: *agna
- ⇒ Proto-Albanian: *agnjā f^[5] (+ *-jā)
  - Albanian: enjë f (“dairy goat”)
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ōgnas (long initial vowel due to Winter's law)
- Proto-Slavic: *agnъ (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *agnę n (see there for further descendants)
- →? Proto-Finnic: *vootna (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *ognos (unexpected o-grade) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic: *aunaz (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἀμνός (amnós) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *agʷnos (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2269: “315. ‘lamb’: *h₂eg^u̯(h)no-”
^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 39: “*h₂egʷno-”
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ag^(u̯)h-no-s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 9
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page *hₐegʷhnós of 510-511
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “enjë ~ êjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88: “EPA *agnja”

[HCHIEL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2269: “315. ‘lamb’: *h₂eg^u̯(h)no-”

[2] Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 39: “*h₂egʷno-”

[IEW-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ag^(u̯)h-no-s”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 9

[4] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page *hₐegʷhnós of 510-511

[5] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “enjë ~ êjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88: “EPA *agnja”

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