Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eyǵ-

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

Noun

*h₂eyǵ-

goat

Derived terms

*h₂éyǵ-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *aíks
  - Ancient Greek: αἴξ (aíx) (see there for further descendants)
*h₂(e)iǵ-yeh₂-
- Proto-Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: այծի (ayci)
Unsorted formation:
- Proto-Albanian: *aidzijā
  - Albanian: dhi
- Proto-Albanian: *agnjā
  - Albanian: enjë
- Proto-Armenian:
  - Old Armenian: այծ (ayc) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *āˀźis
  - Latvian: āzis
  - Lithuanian: ožỹs
  - Old Prussian: wosux (vōzuks)
  - Proto-Slavic: *azь (see there for further descendants)
  - → Proto-Finnic: *voohi (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Haȷ́ás (see there for further descendants)

Noun

*h₂eyǵ-

oak

Reconstruction notes

Displays unusual suffixing in most descendants. May be an old, widespread substrate term in Europe;[1] compare Basque ezkur (“acorn”).[2] Kroonen notes that root nouns in Germanic are frequently of unexplained/substrate origin.

Derived terms

Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Albanian: *aignjā
  - Albanian: enjë
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Lithuanian: ą́žuolas
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps)[3] (see there for further descendants)
- Italic:
  - Latin: aesculus[1] (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Germanic: *aiks[2] (see there for further descendants)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aesculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 9–10
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “αἰγίλωψ, -ωπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

[EDL-1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aesculus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 28

[EDPG-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*aik-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 9–10

[EDG-3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “αἰγίλωψ, -ωπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32