Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂óḱris

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 *h₂eḱrós (sharp) +‎ *-is (deadjectival noun suffix).

    Noun

    *h₂óḱris f[1][2][3][4]

    1. top, protrusion
    2. sharp edge, corner

    Inflection

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *h₂óḱris
    genitive *h₂éḱris
    singular dual plural
    nominative *h₂óḱris *h₂óḱrih₁(e) *h₂óḱreyes
    vocative *h₂óḱri *h₂óḱrih₁(e) *h₂óḱreyes
    accusative *h₂óḱrim *h₂óḱrih₁(e) *h₂óḱrims
    genitive *h₂éḱris *? *h₂éḱr̥yoHom
    ablative *h₂éḱris *? *h₂éḱrimos, *h₂éḱribʰos
    dative *h₂éḱr̥yey *? *h₂éḱrimos, *h₂éḱribʰos
    locative *h₂éḱri *? *h₂éḱrisu
    instrumental *h₂éḱrih₁ *? *h₂éḱrimis, *h₂éḱribʰis

    Descendants

    • Proto-Celtic: *okris
      • Old Irish: ochair
        • Middle Irish: ochair
      • Brythonic:
        • Old Breton: occrou
        • Old Welsh: och
    • Proto-Hellenic: *ókris
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Háćriš
    • Proto-Italic: *okris (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ὄκρις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1066
    2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*akro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 28
    3. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*h₂ek̑-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 287-300
    4. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ocris”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 424