Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃ókʷs

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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

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Etymology

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    From *h₃ekʷ- (to see) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).

    Noun

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    *h₃ókʷs ?[1]

    1. eye

    Inflection

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    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular collective
    nominative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ékʷsōs
    genitive *h₃ékʷs *h₃kʷsés
    singular dual plural collective
    nominative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ókʷsih₁ *h₃ékʷsōs
    vocative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ókʷsih₁ *h₃ékʷsōs
    accusative *h₃ókʷs *h₃ókʷsih₁ *h₃ékʷsōs
    genitive *h₃ékʷs *? *h₃kʷsés
    ablative *h₃ékʷs *? *h₃kʷsés
    dative *h₃ékʷey *? *h₃kʷséy
    locative *h₃ékʷ, *h₃ékʷi *? *h₃ékʷs, *h₃ékʷsi
    instrumental *h₃ékʷh₁ *? *h₃kʷséh₁

    No plural form existed, only a dual form, ending in *-ih₁:

    Descendants

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    • Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: ակն (akn, eye)
      • ? Old Armenian: յաւն (yawn, eyebrow)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ak-
      • East Baltic:
      • West Baltic:
        • Old Prussian: ackis (nom. pl.)
      • Proto-Slavic: *ȍko (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *augô (with probable contamination from *auzô) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *ókʷs
      • Ancient Greek: ὄψ (óps), ὤψ (ṓps, eye, face)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hákš, *Hákši (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *ëk
      • Tocharian A: ak
      • Tocharian B: ek
    From dual *h₃ókʷih₁

    References

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    1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN