Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wóyḱos

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 *weyḱ- (to enter in, settle) +‎ *-os

    Noun

    *wóyḱos m[1][2][3][4][5]

    1. settlement

    Declension

    Thematic
    singular
    nominative *wóyḱos
    genitive *wóyḱosyo
    singular dual plural
    nominative *wóyḱos *wóyḱoh₁ *wóyḱoes
    vocative *wóyḱe *wóyḱoh₁ *wóyḱoes
    accusative *wóyḱom *wóyḱoh₁ *wóyḱoms
    genitive *wóyḱosyo *? *wóyḱoHom
    ablative *wóyḱead *? *wóyḱomos, *wóyḱobʰos
    dative *wóyḱoey *? *wóyḱomos, *wóyḱobʰos
    locative *wóyḱey, *wóyḱoy *? *wóyḱoysu
    instrumental *wóyḱoh₁ *? *wóyḱōys

    Descendants

    • Proto-Hellenic: *wóikos (settlement, house) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wáyćas
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wáyśas
        • Sanskrit: वेश (véśa, house; brothel) (see there for further descendants)
    • >? Proto-Italic: *weikos (village) (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2011), Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An Introduction, 2nd edition, revised and corrected by Michiel de Vaan, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 39:*uoiḱo- (Gr. oîkos)
    2. ^ 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 1055-1056:*ṷóiḱo- [m.]
    3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*ṷik̑s”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 622:*ṷóik̑os
    4. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “veśá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 585:*ṷóiḱ-o-
    5. ^ Sturm, Julia (11 November 2016), “ἵστωρ and ἑορτή: The Rough-Breathing Reflex of Greek”, in 28th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference[2], page 1:*ṷoíḱos 'house'

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