Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/dóru

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

Noun

*dóru n

tree

Inflection

U-stem, neuter
Nominative	*dóru
Genitive	*dorwós
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dóru	*dórwe	*dórwa
Vocative	*dóru	*dórwe	*dórwa
Accusative	*dóru	*dórwe	*dórwa
Genitive	*dorwós	*dórwoyyun	*dorwṓn
Dative	*dorwéi	*dórwoyyun	*dorúpʰi
Locative	*dorwí	?	*dorúhi
Instrumental	*dórū	?	*dorúpʰi

Derived terms

[Term?]
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀈𐀸𐀍 (do-we-jo /⁠dorweios⁠/, “wooden”)
*drutómos
- Mycenaean Greek: 𐀉𐀬𐀵𐀗 (du-ru-to-mo /⁠dru-tomoi⁠/, “treecutters”)
- Ancient Greek: δρυτόμος (drutómos)

Descendants

Ancient Greek: δόρυ (dóru)
- → English: doru, dory (learned)
- Greek: δόρυ n (dóry, “spear”)

References

John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach (1963) “The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 41, number 3/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 186 of 157–271: “δόρυ”

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