Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/wóikos

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 *wóyḱos (“settlement”), from *weyḱ- (“to settle”).[1]

    Noun

    *wóikos m

    1. a settlement
    2. tent, dwelling, house, temple
    3. "a settler", small farmer, tenant, neighbor, dependents, family, vassals
    4. entrance, ingress

    Inflection

    O-stem, masc./fem.
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wóikos *wóikō *wóikoi
    vocative *wóike *wóikō *wóikoi
    accusative *wóikon *wóikō *wóikons
    genitive *wóikoyyo *wóikoyyun *wóikōn
    dative *wóikōi *wóikoyyun *wóikois
    locative *wóikoi, -ei — *wóikoihi
    instrumental *wóikō — *wóikōis

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    • Ancient Greek: οἶκος (oîkos)
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀺𐀒 (wo-ko)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “οἶκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1055-6
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