Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/woḱéh₂

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 root *weḱ- +‎ *-éh₂. A probable substrate word.

Noun

*woḱéh₂ f[1]

  1. cow

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
singular
nominative *woḱéh₂
genitive *woḱéh₂s
singular dual plural
nominative *woḱéh₂ *woḱéh₂h₁(e) *woḱéh₂es
vocative *woḱéh₂ *woḱéh₂h₁(e) *woḱéh₂es
accusative *woḱā́m *woḱéh₂h₁(e) *woḱéh₂m̥s
genitive *woḱéh₂s *? *woḱéh₂oHom
ablative *woḱéh₂s *? *woḱéh₂mos, *woḱéh₂bʰos
dative *woḱéh₂ey *? *woḱéh₂mos, *woḱéh₂bʰos
locative *woḱéh₂, *woḱéh₂i *? *woḱéh₂su
instrumental *woḱéh₂h₁ *? *woḱéh₂mis, *woḱéh₂bʰis

Descendants

  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *waćáH
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *waśáH
      • Sanskrit: वशा (vaśā́)
  • Proto-Italic: *wokā
    • >? Latin: vacca (if not loaned from a Celtic language) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135
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