Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂léh₁wr̥

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 *h₂elh₁- (“to grind”) +‎ *-wr̥.

Noun

*h₂léh₁wr̥ n^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

something that was crushed
flour

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular	collective
nominative	*h₂léh₁wr̥	*h₂léh₁wōr
genitive	*h₂l̥h₁wéns	*h₂l̥h₁unés
	singular	dual	plural	collective
nominative	*h₂léh₁wr̥	—	—	*h₂léh₁wōr
vocative	*h₂léh₁wr̥	—	—	*h₂léh₁wōr
accusative	*h₂léh₁wr̥	—	—	*h₂léh₁wōr
genitive	*h₂l̥h₁wéns	—	—	*h₂l̥h₁unés
ablative	*h₂l̥h₁wéns	—	—	*h₂l̥h₁unés
dative	*h₂l̥h₁wéney	—	—	*h₂l̥h₁unéy
locative	h₂l̥h₁wén, h₂l̥h₁wéni	—	—	h₂l̥h₁wén, h₂l̥h₁wéni
instrumental	*h₂l̥h₁wénh₁	—	—	*h₂l̥h₁unéh₁

Descendants

Armenian
- Old Armenian: ալիւր (aliwr)
Hellenic
- Ancient Greek: ἄλευρον (áleuron) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999), The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 154
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “alāᵤ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 27
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “alewr, aliwr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 13-14

[1] Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999), The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 154

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65

[3] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “alāᵤ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 27

[4] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “alewr, aliwr”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 13-14

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