Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁ógʷʰis

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

Reconstruction

Beekes reconstructs *h₃égʷʰis because "the absence of reflexes of Brugmann's Law points to IE e-vocalism".

EIEC claims that the original form was acrostatic ablauting *h₁ógʷʰis, genitive *h₁égʷʰis

Noun

*h₁ógʷʰis f

snake
a mythic serpent or dragon that is slain by a great hero in Indo-European mythology
*(h₁e) h₁ógʷʰim gʷʰent ― he killed the serpent

Usage notes

*h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”) has replaced this word in most of the Western and Central Indo-European dialects.

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*h₁ógʷʰis
genitive	*h₁égʷʰis
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₁ógʷʰis	*h₁ógʷʰih₁(e)	*h₁ógʷʰeyes
vocative	*h₁ógʷʰi	*h₁ógʷʰih₁(e)	*h₁ógʷʰeyes
accusative	*h₁ógʷʰim	*h₁ógʷʰih₁(e)	*h₁ógʷʰims
genitive	*h₁égʷʰis	*?	*h₁égʷʰyoHom
ablative	*h₁égʷʰis	*?	*h₁égʷʰimos
dative	*h₁égʷʰyey	*?	*h₁égʷʰimos
locative	*h₁égʷʰi	*?	*h₁égʷʰisu
instrumental	*h₁égʷʰih₁	*?	*h₁égʷʰibʰi

Synonyms

*h₂éngʷʰis
*néh₁tōr

Descendants

Armenian:
- Old Armenian: իժ (iž)
Germanic: *agiz
- *egalaz (see there for further descendants)
- *agiþahsijǭ (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic: [Term?]
- Ancient Greek: ὄφις (óphis)
Indo-Iranian: *Háǰʰiš (see there for further descendants)
Tocharian: [Term?]
- Tocharian B: auk

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) 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 1135
Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 529

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