< Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic
Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ďṓyyon
Proto-Hellenic
Etymology
From Pre-Hellenic *gʷyṓwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃w-y-om, by metathesis from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”) via *gʷih₃-w-ós (“alive”); compare *ďōwós from *gʷyeh₃-w-ós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʲóːjː.jon/
Noun
*ďṓyyon n
- animal, creature, beast
Inflection
O-stem, neuter | |||
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Nominative | *ďṓyyon | ||
Genitive | *ďṓyyoyyo | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | *ďṓyyon | *ďṓyyō | *ďṓyya |
Vocative | *ďṓyyon | *ďṓyyō | *ďṓyya |
Accusative | *ďṓyyon | *ďṓyyō | *ďṓyya |
Genitive | *ďṓyyoyyo | *ďṓyyoyyun | *ďṓyyōn |
Dative | *ďṓyyōi | *ďṓyyoyyun | *ďṓyyois |
Locative | *ďṓyyoi, -ei | ? | *ďṓyyoihi |
Instrumental | *ďṓyyō | ? | *ďṓyyōis |
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: ζῷον (zôion)
- Greek: ζώο (zóo)
- → Coptic: ⲍⲱⲟⲛ (zōon)
- → English: zoon, zoo-, zo-
- → Russian: зоо- (zoo-)
- ⇒ Translingual: Mycetozoa (taxonomic infraphylum)
- Glosa: zoa