Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ékʷeh₂
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
The roots *h₂ep- (“(body of) water”) and *h₁egʷʰ- (“drink”) are probably unrelated. A connection to *h₁eḱ- (“swiftness, celerity”) has been proposed, in which case the semantic development would be "that which is swift" > "river" (as attested in Germanic) > "water" (as in Latin).
Noun
*h₂ékʷeh₂ f
Inflection
Thematic in *-eh₂ | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ | ||
genitive | *h₂ékʷeh₂s | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ | — | — |
vocative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ | — | — |
accusative | *h₂ékʷām | — | — |
genitive | *h₂ékʷeh₂s | — | — |
ablative | *h₂ékʷeh₂s | — | — |
dative | *h₂ékʷeh₂ey | — | — |
locative | *h₂ékʷeh₂, *h₂ékʷeh₂i | — | — |
instrumental | *h₂ékʷeh₂h₁ | — | — |
Synonyms
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *ahwō (“water”)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *awjō (“island”)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *Skaþinawjō (“Scania, Scandinavia”)
- ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *awjō (“island”)
- Proto-Italic: *akʷā
- Lusitanian: aqua (“river”)