Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ṓws

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 *h₂ew- (“to see”) +‎ *-s with a semantic shift to "to hear" after the split of Anatolian branch.

Reconstruction

The initial laryngeal must be *h₂ to account for Latin forms auris, aus-cultō, which must reflect e-grade *h₂ews-.

Noun

*h₂ṓws (oblique stem *h₂éws-)

ear

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular	collective
nominative	*h₂ṓws	*h₂éwsōs
genitive	*h₂éwsos	*h₂usés
	singular	dual	plural	collective
nominative	*h₂ṓws	*h₂ṓwsih₁	—	*h₂éwsōs
vocative	*h₂ṓws	*h₂ṓwsih₁	—	*h₂éwsōs
accusative	*h₂ṓws	*h₂ṓwsih₁	—	*h₂éwsōs
genitive	*h₂éwsos	*?	—	*h₂usés
ablative	*h₂éwsos	*?	—	*h₂usés
dative	*h₂éwsey	*?	—	*h₂uséy
locative	h₂éws, h₂éwsi	*?	—	h₂éws, h₂éwsi
instrumental	*h₂éwsh₁	*?	—	*h₂uséh₁

Notes

Acrostatic singular, amphikinetic plural
Nominative: *h₂óws-s > *h₂ṓws
Genitive: *h₂éws-s > *h₂ḗws, or *h₂usós
Dual: *h₂(e)usih₁
Collective plural: *h₂éw(s)ōs, genitive *h₂u(s)-s-és

Derived terms

*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti

Descendants

Albanian:
- Albanian: vesh
Armenian:
- Old Armenian: ունկն (unkn) (singulative), ականջք (akanǰkʿ) (plural)
Balto-Slavic: *auš-
- Latvian: auss
- Lithuanian: ausis
- Old Prussian: āusins
- Slavic: *uxo (see there for further descendants)
Celtic: *ausos (see there for further descendants)
Germanic: *ausô (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic: [Term?]
- Ancient Greek: οὖς (oûs)
  Doric Greek: ὦς (ôs)
  - Greek: αυτί (aftí)
Indo-Iranian: *Hā́wšiH du (see there for further descendants)
Italic: *auzis
- Latin: auris

References

Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 173