Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ōyyón

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This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (egg).[1]

Noun

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*ōyyón

  1. egg

Inflection

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O-stem, neuter
Nominative *ōyyón
Genitive *ōyyóyyo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ōyyón *ōyyṓ *ōyyá
Vocative *ōyyón *ōyyṓ *ōyyá
Accusative *ōyyón *ōyyṓ *ōyyá
Genitive *ōyyóyyo *ōyyóyyun *ōyyṓn
Dative *ōyyṓi *ōyyóyyun *ōyyóis
Locative *ōyyói, -éi ? *ōyyóihi
Instrumental *ōyyṓ ? *ōyyṓis

Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: ᾠόν (ōión) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ᾠόν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1681