Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwsōs

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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 earlier *h₂éws-os-s, from *h₂ews- (“dawn”).

Noun

*h₂éwsōs f

1. dawn
2. goddess of dawn, bringer of light for which she is punished

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*h₂éwsōs
genitive	*h₂usés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂éwsōs	*h₂éwsosh₁(e)	*h₂éwsoses
vocative	*h₂éwsos	*h₂éwsosh₁(e)	*h₂éwsoses
accusative	*h₂éwsosm̥	*h₂éwsosh₁(e)	*h₂éwsosn̥s
genitive	*h₂usés	*?	*h₂usóHom
ablative	*h₂usés	*?	*h₂usmós
dative	*h₂uséy	*?	*h₂usmós
locative	*h₂usés, *h₂usési	*?	*h₂usú
instrumental	*h₂uséh₁	*?	*h₂usbʰí

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: այգ (ayg), առաւօտ (aṙawōt)
    • Armenian: այգ (ayg), առավոտ (aṙavot)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: ἠώς (ēṓs), Ἠώς (Ēṓs)
• Indo-Iranian: *Háwšās
  • Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: उषस् (uṣás) (nom. sg. उषाः (uṣāḥ))
  • Iranian:
    • Avestan: 𐬎𐬱𐬃‏ (ušā̊, nom. sg.)
• Italic: *auzōs
  • Latin: aurōra

References

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 148f
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ayg”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 54, 109