Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ékʷeh₂

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

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

1. water

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	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

• *h₂ep- (“water”)
• *wódr̥ (“water”)

Descendants

• Proto-Germanic: *ahwō (“water”)
  • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *awjō (“island”)
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *Skaþinawjō (“Scania, Scandinavia”)
• Proto-Italic: *akʷā
• Lusitanian: aqua (“river”)