Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/hā́ls

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 *séh₂ls (“salt”).^[1]

Noun

*hā́ls m

salt

Inflection

Consonant stem, masc./fem.
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*hā́ls	*hā́le	*hā́les
vocative	*hā́l	*hā́le	*hā́les
accusative	*hā́lə	*hā́le	*hā́ləs
genitive	*hā́los	*hā́loyyun	*hā́lōn
dative	*hā́lei	*hā́loyyun	*hā́lpʰi
locative	*hā́li	—	*hā́lsi
instrumental	*hā́lē	—	*hā́lpʰi

Descendants

Ancient Greek: ᾰ̔́λς (hắls), ᾰ̔́λᾰς (hắlăs) — Attic
- ⇒ Ancient Greek: ᾰ̔́λᾰς (hắlăs)
  - Mariupol Greek: а́лас (álas)
  - → Greek: άλας (álas) (learned)
- ⇒ Ancient Greek: ᾰ̔λᾰ́τῐον (hălắtĭon) (diminutive)
  - Byzantine Greek: ἁλάτιν (halátin)
    - Greek: αλάτι (aláti)
- → English: halo-
- → Latin: allēc (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἅλς , ἁλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἅλς , ἁλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 74

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