Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁eǵ-

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

    Root

    *h₁eǵ-[1][2]

    1. to say

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eǵ- (6 c, 0 e)
    • *h₁éǵ-t ~ *h₁ǵ-ént (athematic root aorist)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: (ê, 3sg.aor.)
          • Ancient Greek: ἠμί (ēmí, 1sg.pres.)
    • *h₁ǵ-yé-ti (yé-present)
      • Proto-Italic: *agjō (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₁eǵ-s-
      • Proto-Tocharian: *āks-[4] (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Italic: *aks-[5][6]
    • *h₁e-h₁óǵ-e ~ *h₁e-h₁ǵ-ḗr (perfect)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
    • *h₁(e)ǵ-yo-
    Unsorted formations

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aiō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 31-32
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἠμί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 519
    3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 256
    4. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “āks-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 41
    5. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
    6. ^ Nussbaum, Alan J. (1 January 2021), “Spēs Exploration”, in Studies in General and Historical Linguistics Offered to Jón Axel Harðarson[1], page 18