Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/ďṓwō

This Proto-Hellenic 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-Hellenic

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Etymology

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From Pre-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃weti (to live).[1]

Verb

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*ďṓwō

  1. to live

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Ancient Greek: ζώω (zṓō), ζῶ (), ζάω (záō)
    • Greek: ζω (zo)
      • Mariupol Greek: зу (zu)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ζώω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 505