Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂ewsér

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From *h₂ews- (“to dawn, become light”) +‎ *-ér, *-éri (innovative locative suffix).

Adverb[edit]

*h₂ewsér or *h₂ewséri[1]

  1. in the direction of dawn, east
  2. at dawn, in the morning

Derived terms[edit]

  • *h₂éwser-h₂ ~ *h₂usr-és (“dawn, morning”)[2]
    • >? Proto-Albanian: *ausra (“twilight”)
      • Albanian: err (“darkness”)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *auštrā́ˀ (“dawn, morning”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *wārā (“dawn”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *aúhrā (“morning air”)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HúšarH ~ *Hušrás[3]
  • *h₂ewsḗr ~ *h₂ewsr-és[4]
    • Proto-Hellenic: *auhḗr (“morning mist”)
      • Ancient Greek: ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr, “mist”)

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἦρι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 525: “*h₂ews-er-i”
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ᾱ̓ήρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 27: “*h₂eus-r-h₂”
  3. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “uṣar-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 532: “Proto-Indo-Iranian: Hušar-”
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ήέριος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 510: “*h₂eus-ēr”
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