Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/hékʰō

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 Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰeti, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (to take hold of; to have).[1][2]

    Verb

    *hékʰō[3]

    1. to have

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • Ancient Greek: ἔχω (ékhō)
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀐 (e-ke /⁠hékʰei⁠/)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἔχω I”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 490-1
    2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995), New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 143; 169-170; 515:*seǵʰ-;*seǵʰoH₂ > *hekʰō;*seǵʰ-s- > *seks- > "heksō;*si-ǵʰ-s-;*e-sǵʰ- > ἔσχον;*hiskʰō < *si-sǵʰ-
    3. ^ D. Gary Miller (1977), “Was Grassmann's Law Reordered in Greek?”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung[1], volume 91, number 1, →ISSN, pages 131–158