Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂elgʷʰ-

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

Root

*h₂elgʷʰ-

1. to cost, have value, be worth

Derived terms

• *h₂élgʷʰ-e-ti (root thematic)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hárǰʰati (see there for further descendants)
• *h₂elgʷʰ-ós
• *h₂elgʷʰ-éh₂
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *algā́ˀ (see there for further descendants)
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλφή (alphḗ)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 32, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 32
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 274