< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-

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

Root

*h₂erǵ- [1][2]

  1. white, argent
  2. glittering

Derived terms
► <a href='/wiki/Category:Terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*h%E2%82%82er%C7%B5-' title='Category:Terms derived from the PIE root *h₂erǵ-'>Terms derived from the PIE root *h₂erǵ-</a>
  • *h₂érǵ-i-s[3]
    • Anatolian: *Hárǵis
      • Hittite: 𒄯𒆠𒅖 (ḫarkiš), 𒄯𒅗𒅖 (ḫarkaiš, “white, bright”)
  • *h₂érǵ-ro-m[4]
    • Germanic: *arkrą, *akrą (“type of metal”)[4]
      • Old Dutch: *akar
        • Middle Dutch: *acker
          • Dutch: aecker (archaic)
      • ⇒ Germanic: *arkanaz (“genuine, pure”)
  • *h₂érǵ-u-s
    • Italic: *argus
      • (possibly) ⇒ Italic: *arguō (denominative)
        • Latin: arguō (“to make clear”)
    • *h₂érǵ-u-nom or *h₂érǵ-wr̥ ~ h₂r̥ǵ-wén-s[5]
      • Indo-Iranian: *Hárĵunam (“silver, white”)
    • *h₂érǵ-u-ros or *h₂érǵ-wr̥ ~ h₂r̥ǵ-wén-s
    • *h₂érǵ-w-i-s
      • Tocharian: *ārkw(ä)i (“white”)[6]
  • *h₂r̥ǵ-ént-s ~ *h₂r̥ǵ-n̥t-és
  • *h₂r̥ǵ-ró-s[4]
    • Hellenic: [Term?]
      • Ancient Greek: ἀργός (argós, “white, bright”) (earlier *ἀργρός (*argrós)[3])
    • Indo-Iranian: *Hr̥ĵrás (“red, reddish”)
  • *h₂r̥ǵ-né-w-m ~ *h₂r̥ǵ-n̥-ú-m[3]
    • Anatolian: [Term?]
      • Hittite: [script needed] (ḫargnau-, “palm (of hand), sole (of foot)”)
Unsorted formations

References
  1. Ringe, Don (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic, Oxford University Press
  2. Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*h₂erg̑-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 317-322
  3. Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  4. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “akra- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 18: “h₂reǵ-ro-”
  5. Delamarre, Xavier (2003), “*arganto-”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental [Dictionary of the Gaulish language: A linguistic approach to Old Continental Celtic] (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 3rd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 41
  6. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “ārkwi”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 53
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.