Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éyeri

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

Etymology

From *h₂ey- (“day, morning”) +‎ *-eri (locative adverbial suffix).

Adverb

*h₂éyeri[1][2]

early, in the morning

Derived terms

>? *h₂éyery-o-s[3]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἠέριος (ēérios)
>? *h₂éyeri-h₁d-to-m[1][4][5]
- Proto-Hellenic: *ayeriston
  - Ancient Greek: ἄριστον (áriston, “breakfast”)
>? *h₂éyery-o-s
- Albanian: *herët

Descendants

Proto-Germanic: *airi (see there for further descendants)
>? Proto-Hellenic: (or < *h₂ews-er-i < *h₂ews-[6])
- Ancient Greek: ἦρι (êri)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ā̆ier-, ā̆ien-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 12
Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*airi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12
Beekes, R. S. P. (1981), “The neuter plural and the vocalization of the laryngeals in Avestan”, in Indo-Iranian Journal, volume 23
Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202: “*H₂eyeri-d-to-”
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἦρι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525

[IEW-1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ā̆ier-, ā̆ien-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 12

[2] Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1)‎, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*airi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 12

[4] Beekes, R. S. P. (1981), “The neuter plural and the vocalization of the laryngeals in Avestan”, in Indo-Iranian Journal, volume 23

[5] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202: “*H₂eyeri-d-to-”

[6] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἦρι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525