Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ew-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ew-

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

*h₂ew-

1. to enjoy
2. to consume

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ew- (enjoy/consume)

• *h₂ew-eh₁-(ye)-
  • Proto-Italic: *awēō
    • Latin: aveō
• *h₂éwH-e-[1]
  • >? Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háwati (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewH-)
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Háwati
      • Sanskrit: अवति (avati, “to help, protect”)
  • Proto-Celtic:
    • Old Irish: con-ói (“to protect”)[1]
• *h₂ēwH-os-
  • >? Proto-Hellenic: *ἆϝος or *ἦϝος (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewH-)[2]
  • ⇒ Proto-Indo-European: *h₁en-h₂ēwH-es-[1]
    • Ancient Greek: ἐνηής (enēḗs, “mild”)
• *h₂ew-tu-[1]
  • Proto-Germanic: *auþuz (“easy”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Celtic:
    • Breton: youl
    • Cornish: awell
    • Welsh: ewyllys
  • Indo-Iranian:
    • Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: आवयत् (ā́vayat)
      • Sanskrit: अवस (avasá)

Root

*h₂ew- or *h₃ew-[3]

1. to perceive, see, to be aware of

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ew- (perceive)

• *h₂ṓws (“ear”)
  • ⇒ *h₂ḱ-h₂ows-yéti (< *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”))
• *h₂ew-ís ~ *h₂ow-ís (“manifest, apparent, evident”)[4] (or *h₃ēw-is[3])
  • ⇒ Proto-Balto-Slavic: *avis (locatives from the noun meaning “reality”)
    • Lithuanian: ovyje (“in reality”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *avь (“obvious, apparent, real”)
      • Old Church Slavonic: авѣ (avě), ꙗвѣ (javě, “manifestly, openly”)
        • ⇒ Bulgarian: наяве (najave)
        • Polish: jawa
        • Serbo-Croatian: јава/java
  • Proto-Germanic: *awiz (“obvious”)
    • Proto-West Germanic: *awi
      • ⇒ Old English: ēawis (< *awi-wissa-)
      • ⇒ Old High German: awizoraht (< *awi-turhta-)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hāwíš
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hāwíṣ
      • Sanskrit: आविस् (āvís)
    • Proto-Iranian: *Hāwíš
      • Avestan: 𐬁𐬬𐬍𐬱‎ (āvīš), 𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬱‎ (āuuiš)
  • ⇒ *h₂ewis-dʰh₁-
    • Proto-Hellenic: *awistʰomai
      • Ancient Greek: αἴσθομαι (aísthomai), αἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)
    • Proto-Italic: *awizdjō
      • Latin: audiō (see there for further descendants)
• *h₂ew-m-
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *aum-
    • Lithuanian: aumuõ m (“mind”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *ũmъ m (“mind”) (see there for further descendants)

• Unsorted formations:
  • Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒌋𒀪𒄭 (u-uḫ-ḫi)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: ovytis (“to appear”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *aviti (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Church Slavonic: авити (aviti), ꙗвити (javiti)
      • Slovak: javiť
      • Serbo-Croatian: јавити/javiti
  • Proto-Celtic: *awyeti
    • Old Irish: con·ói
  • Proto-Hellenic: *awiyō
    • Ancient Greek: ἀΐω (aḯō)

References

1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*auþu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἐνηής”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
3. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*h₃eu-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 325–327
4. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*awiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45

• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag