Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂egʷnós

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From *h₂egʷ- +‎ *-nós.

Noun

*h₂egʷnós (non-ablauting)

lamb

Inflection

Thematic
	singular
nominative	*h₂egʷnós
genitive	*h₂egʷnósyo
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂egʷnós	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóes
vocative	*h₂egʷné	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóes
accusative	*h₂egʷnóm	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*h₂egʷnóms
genitive	*h₂egʷnósyo	*?	*h₂egʷnóoHom
ablative	*h₂egʷnéad	*?	*h₂egʷnómos
dative	*h₂egʷnóey	*?	*h₂egʷnómos
locative	h₂egʷnéy, h₂egʷnóy	*?	*h₂egʷnóysu
instrumental	*h₂egʷnóh₁	*?	*h₂egʷnṓys

Descendants

Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
- Slavic: *agnę (< *h₂egʷ-n-ent-, Winter's law) (see there for further descendants)
Celtic: *owignos (< *h₂egʷʰnós)
- Brythonic: *oɨn
  - Breton: oan
  - Old Cornish: oin
  - Welsh: oen
- Old Irish: úan
  - Irish: uan
  - Manx: eayn
  - Scottish Gaelic: uan
Germanic: *a(k)unaz (influenced by *awiz (“ewe, sheep”))
- ⇒ Germanic: *aunōną (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Germanic: *ga-aunōną (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic: [Term?]
- Ancient Greek: ἀμνός (amnós) (see there for further descendants)
Italic: *agʷnos
- Latin: agnus (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Italic: *agʷnelos (diminutive)
  - Latin: avillus (< *agʷn̥los)

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 510