Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/leukós

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 *lewkós, from *lewk- (“white, bright; to shine”).^[1]

Adjective

*leukós

white

Inflection

Declension of *leukós
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*leukós	*leukā́	*leukón
vocative	*leuké	*leuká	*leukón
accusative	*leukón	*leukā́n	*leukón
genitive	*leukóyyo	*leukā́s	*leukóyyo
dative	*leukṓi	*leukā́i	*leukṓi
locative	*leukói, -éi	*leukái	*leukói, -éi
instrumental	*leukṓ	*leukā́	*leukṓ

dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*leukṓ	*leukáe	*leukṓ
vocative	*leukṓ	*leukáe	*leukṓ
accusative	*leukṓ	*leukáe	*leukṓ
genitive	?	?	?
dative	?	?	?
locative	?	?	?
instrumental	?	?	?

plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*leukói	*leukái	*leuká
vocative	*leukói	*leukái	*leuká
accusative	*leukóns	*leukáns	*leuká
genitive	*leukṓn	*leukā́ōn	*leukṓn
dative	*leukóis	*leukáis	*leukóis
locative	*leukóihi	*leukā́hi	*leukóihi
instrumental	*leukóis	*leukáis	*leukóis

comparative	superlative	adverb
*leukyṓs	*leukótəmos	*leukyṓs

Descendants

Ancient Greek: λευκός (leukós)
- Greek: λευκός (lefkós)
Mycenaean Greek: 𐀩𐀄𐀏 (re-u-ka /⁠leukā́⁠/, feminine form)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λευκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 851

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “λευκός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 851

[1]

*leukón	*poľľón	*mélān
*erutʰrón		*kʰlōrón
*kʰlōrón