Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂éwsōs

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 *h₂ews- (to dawn) +‎ *-ōs.

Noun

*h₂éwsōs f

1. dawn
2. goddess of dawn, bringer of light

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*h₂éwsōs
genitive	*h₂usés
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*h₂éwsōs	*h₂éwsosh₁(e)	*h₂éwsoses
vocative	*h₂éwsos	*h₂éwsosh₁(e)	*h₂éwsoses
accusative	*h₂éwsosm̥	*h₂éwsosh₁(e)	*h₂éwsosm̥s
genitive	*h₂usés	*?	*h₂usóHom
ablative	*h₂usés	*?	*h₂usmós, *h₂usbʰós
dative	*h₂uséy	*?	*h₂usmós, *h₂usbʰós
locative	*h₂usés, *h₂usési	*?	*h₂usú
instrumental	*h₂uséh₁	*?	*h₂usmís, *h₂usbʰís

Derived terms

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: առաւօտ (aṙawōt), աւօտ (awōt)
    • Armenian: առավոտ (aṙavot)

Descendants

• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: այգ (ayg)
    • Armenian: այգ (ayg)
• Proto-Hellenic: *auhṓs
  • Ancient Greek: ἠώς (ēṓs)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hušā́s (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic: *auzōs
  • Latin: aurōra (with ā-stem extension)

Further reading

• Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 148f
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayg”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page aṙawawt of 54, 109