Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/əgʷelpʰós
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Proto-Hellenic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-gʷelbʰ-ós (“one/same womb”). The initial /h/ is lost due to Grassmann's Law. Cognate with Sanskrit सगर्भ्य (ságarbhya, “brother”).[1]
Noun
[edit]*əgʷelpʰós m
Inflection
[edit]O-stem, masc./fem. | |||
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Nominative | *əgʷelpʰós | ||
Genitive | *əgʷelpʰóyyo | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | *əgʷelpʰós | *əgʷelpʰṓ | *əgʷelpʰói |
Vocative | *əgʷelpʰé | *əgʷelpʰṓ | *əgʷelpʰói |
Accusative | *əgʷelpʰón | *əgʷelpʰṓ | *əgʷelpʰóns |
Genitive | *əgʷelpʰóyyo | *əgʷelpʰóyyun | *əgʷelpʰṓn |
Dative | *əgʷelpʰṓi | *əgʷelpʰóyyun | *əgʷelpʰóis |
Locative | *əgʷelpʰói, -éi | ? | *əgʷelpʰóihi |
Instrumental | *əgʷelpʰṓ | ? | *əgʷelpʰṓis |
Descendants
[edit]- Ancient Greek: ἀδελφός (adelphós), ἀδελφεός (adelpheós), ἀδελφειός (adelpheiós) — Epic, Ionic, Lyric; ἀδελφιός (adelphiós) — Boeotian; ἀδελφιός (adelphiós), ἀδευφιός (adeuphiós) — Cretan
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀδελφός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20