Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/dʰǵʰúHs

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

Found only in East Indo-European languages, namely the Armenian, Greek and Baltic branches. The Indo-Iranian term was presumably lost and was replaced by *mátsyas, possibly from . Kloekhorst has construed the root as *dǵʰuH- and connected it with another root *deǵʰ- (“liquid?”). Compare Old Irish deug (“drink, draught, potion”), Lithuanian dažaĩ (“paint, dye”).

Root

*dʰǵʰúHs

1. fish

Derived terms

• Unsorted formations:
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ձուկն (jukn)
      • Armenian: ձուկ (juk)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źū́ˀs
    • Latvian: zivs
    • Lithuanian: žuvis
    • Old Prussian: suckis
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s)

Synonyms

• *peysḱ- (western dialects)