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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂egʷnós

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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

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Etymology

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    Unknown.

    Noun

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    *h₂egʷnós m[1][2]

    1. lamb
      Synonym: *wr̥h₁ḗn

    Inflection

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    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *h₂egʷnós
    genitive *h₂egʷnósyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *h₂egʷnós *h₂egʷnóh₁ *h₂egʷnóes
    vocative *h₂egʷné *h₂egʷnóh₁ *h₂egʷnóes
    accusative *h₂egʷnóm *h₂egʷnóh₁ *h₂egʷnóms
    genitive *h₂egʷnósyo *? *h₂egʷnóHom
    ablative *h₂egʷnéad *? *h₂egʷnómos, *h₂egʷnóbʰos
    dative *h₂egʷnóey *? *h₂egʷnómos, *h₂egʷnóbʰos
    locative *h₂egʷnéy, *h₂egʷnóy *? *h₂egʷnóysu
    instrumental *h₂egʷnóh₁ *? *h₂egʷnṓys

    Alternative forms

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    Descendants

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    • Proto-Albanian: *agna
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ōgnas (long initial vowel due to Winter's law)
      • Proto-Slavic: *agnъ (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Slavic: *agnę n (see there for further descendants)
      • ? Proto-Finnic: *vootna (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *ognos (unexpected o-grade) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *aunaz (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: ἀμνός (amnós) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *agʷnos (see there for further descendants)

    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018), “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2269:315. ‘lamb’: *h₂egu̯(h)no-
    2. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 39:*h₂egʷno-
    3. 3.0 3.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 9
    4. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page *hₐegʷhnós of 510-511
    5. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “enjë ~ êjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 88:EPA *agnja