Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ďṓyyon

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Pre-Hellenic *gʷyṓwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃w-y-om, by metathesis from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”) via *gʷih₃-w-ós (“alive”); compare *ďōwós from *gʷyeh₃-w-ós.

Noun

*ďṓyyon n

1. animal, creature, beast

Inflection

O-stem, neuter
Nominative	*ďṓyyon
Genitive	*ďṓyyoyyo
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*ďṓyyon	*ďṓyyō	*ďṓyya
Vocative	*ďṓyyon	*ďṓyyō	*ďṓyya
Accusative	*ďṓyyon	*ďṓyyō	*ďṓyya
Genitive	*ďṓyyoyyo	*ďṓyyoyyun	*ďṓyyōn
Dative	*ďṓyyōi	*ďṓyyoyyun	*ďṓyyois
Locative	*ďṓyyoi, -ei	?	*ďṓyyoihi
Instrumental	*ďṓyyō	?	*ďṓyyōis

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: ζῷον (zôion)
  • Greek: ζώο (zóo)
  • → Coptic: ⲍⲱⲟⲛ (zōon)
  • → English: zoon, zoo-, zo-, -zoic
  • → Russian: зоо- (zoo-)
  • ⇒ Translingual: Mycetozoa (taxonomic infraphylum)