< Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic

Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ďṓyyon

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

Etymology

From Pre-Hellenic *gʷyṓwyon, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃w-y-om, by metathesis from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”) via *gʷih₃-w-ós (“alive”); compare *ďōwós from *gʷyeh₃-w-ós.

Noun

*ďṓyyon n

  1. animal, creature, beast

Inflection
O-stem, neuter
Nominative *ďṓyyon
Genitive *ďṓyyoyyo
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
Vocative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
Accusative *ďṓyyon *ďṓyyō *ďṓyya
Genitive *ďṓyyoyyo *ďṓyyoyyun *ďṓyyōn
Dative *ďṓyyōi *ďṓyyoyyun *ďṓyyois
Locative *ďṓyyoi, -ei ? *ďṓyyoihi
Instrumental *ďṓyyō ? *ďṓyyōis

Descendants
  • Ancient Greek: ζῷον (zôion)
    • Greek: ζώο (zóo)
    • → Coptic: ⲍⲱⲟⲛ (zōon)
    • → English: zoon, zoo-, zo-, -zoic
    • → Russian: зоо- (zoo-)
    • ⇒ Translingual: Mycetozoa (taxonomic infraphylum)
    • Glosa: zoa
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.