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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁élḱos
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Proto-Indo-European
Noun
*h₁élḱos n[1][2][3][4]
- sore, ulcer
Inflection
| Athematic, acrostatic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | |||
| nominative | *h₁élḱos | ||
| genitive | *h₁élḱesos | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *h₁élḱos | *h₁élḱesih₁ | *h₁élḱōs |
| vocative | *h₁élḱos | *h₁élḱesih₁ | *h₁élḱōs |
| accusative | *h₁élḱos | *h₁élḱesih₁ | *h₁élḱōs |
| genitive | *h₁élḱesos | *? | *h₁élḱesoHom |
| ablative | *h₁élḱesos | *? | *h₁élḱesmos |
| dative | *h₁élḱesey | *? | *h₁élḱesmos |
| locative | *h₁élḱes, *h₁élḱesi | *? | *h₁élḱesu |
| instrumental | *h₁élḱesh₁ | *? | *h₁élḱesmis |
Descendants
- Proto-Hellenic: *élkos
- Ancient Greek: ἕλκος (hélkos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hárćas (“ulcer; haemorrhoids”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Italic: *elkos[3]
- Latin: ulcus (“ulcer”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Mallory, J. P.; 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 197
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἕλκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ulcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 637
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “árśas-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University