Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃ókʷs
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
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From *h₃ekʷ- (“to see”) + *-s.
Noun
*h₃ókʷs n[1]
Inflection
Athematic, acrostatic | ||||
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singular | collective | |||
nominative | *h₃ókʷs | *h₃ékʷsōs | ||
genitive | *h₃ékʷs | *h₃kʷsés | ||
singular | dual | plural | collective | |
nominative | *h₃ókʷs | *h₃ókʷsih₁ | — | *h₃ékʷsōs |
vocative | *h₃ókʷs | *h₃ókʷsih₁ | — | *h₃ékʷsōs |
accusative | *h₃ókʷs | *h₃ókʷsih₁ | — | *h₃ékʷsōs |
genitive | *h₃ékʷs | *? | — | *h₃kʷsés |
ablative | *h₃ékʷs | *? | — | *h₃kʷsés |
dative | *h₃ékʷey | *? | — | *h₃kʷséy |
locative | *h₃ékʷ, *h₃ékʷi | *? | — | *h₃ékʷs, *h₃ékʷsi |
instrumental | *h₃ékʷh₁ | *? | — | *h₃kʷséh₁ |
No plural form existed, only a dual form, ending in *-ih₁:
- nominative, accusative, and vocative dual *h₃ókʷih₁
Descendants
- Albanian: sy (from dual form)
- Armenian:
- Old Armenian: ակն (akn, “eye”)
- Old Armenian: աչք (ačʻkʻ, “both eyes”), from the dual form *h₃(o)kʷih₁
- Old Armenian: յօն (yōn, “eyebrow”), յաւն (yawn) (possibly)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ak-
- Proto-Germanic: *augô (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hákši (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *ëk