Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eǵʰ-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*h₁eǵʰ-[1]

Noun

*h₂eǵʰ-

cow

Reconstruction notes

The vocalism of Celtic and Armenian do not match, the first requiring *h₂e-, the second *h₁e-. Therefore it is often assumed that one of them is unrelated.

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: եզն (ezn)
  - Armenian: եզ (ez)
Celtic: *agos
- Old Irish: ag
Indo-Iranian: *Haȷ́ʰíH (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Martirosyan, Hrach (2013), “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎, issue 10, page 99

[1] Martirosyan, Hrach (2013), “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎, issue 10, page 99