au̯ei- (ǝu̯ei-?) (*hekʷei-)

    au̯ei- (ǝu̯ei-?) (*hekʷei-)

    English meaning: bird, *water bird

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Vogel”

    Note: Both Root au̯ei- (ǝu̯ei-?) (*hekʷei-): bird, *water bird : Root akʷü- (*ǝkʷü ): ēkʷ- : water, river, derived from zero grade of Root ĝhügʷh- : young of an animal or bird; common Gk. gh- > h- phonetic mutatIon.

    Material: O.Ind. víḥ, vḗ ḥ m. “bird” (gen. vēḥ , acc. vim), Av. vīš ds. (G. pl. vayąm, also with themat. case from stem vaya-), M.Pers. vüi, vüyandak “bird”, O.Ind. vayas- n. “ fowl, bird”, vüyasa-ḥ “ bird, crow “; verbal Av. ü-vayeiti “ flies up “ (from divinities), O.Ind. vēvīyatē “ flutters “.

    Note: Common zero grade in Alb. (*avidos) vide, vidhezë “ dove “ : O.Ind. víḥ, vḗ ḥ m. “bird”. Gk. αἰετός “ eagle “, Att. ἀ̄ετός, αἰβετός, ἀετός Περγαῖοι Hes. (*αFι̯-ετός); Maybe nasalized Alb.Gheg (*hegʷ-os, hab-os) > *gabôjë, gabonjë, shkab(*-on-)ë, shqiponjë “eagle” : gr αἰβετός (*αFι̯-ετός) “eagle” : diminutive Lat. (*aku̯ei-la) aquila “eagle”. Root ĝhügʷh- : young of an animal or bird : Root au̯ei- (ǝu̯ei-?) (*hekʷei-): bird, *water bird similar phonetic mutations as Hitt. ḫu-uḫ-ḫa-aš (ḫuḫḫaš) “grandfather” see Root au̯o-s (*gḫue-gḫue-as) (*ghehu̯o-s): grandfather: the original root was a dublicated (*gḫue-gḫueas) Hitt. ḫu-uḫ-ḫa-aš (ḫuḫḫaš) “grandfather” that was abbreviated into Root au̯o-s: grandfather; Root sūs- (*ghus): parent : Alb. (*ḫuḫḫaš) gjysh “grandfather”. Alb. vi-do, vito, vidheze “ dove “;

    Note: Common Gk. -kʷ- > -p-, -gʷ- > -b- phonetic mutatIon. Hence Root au̯ei- (ǝu̯ei-?) : “bird, water bird” evolved simultaneously with Root akʷü- (*ǝkʷü ): ēkʷ- : “water, river”. Lat. avis f. “bird” (therefrom auca “bird, esp. goose “; Back-formation from Dimin. aucella from *avicella; false by WH. I 79) = Umbr. avif acc. pl. “ birds “ (aviekate D. sg. “ the taken auspices “, aviekla “ relating to an augur or augury “); Welsh hwyad, O.Corn. hoet, Bret. houad “ duck “ from *au̯i̯etos? (Pedersen KG. I 55). Arm. hav “ bird, cock, hen “ can have indeed suggestion -h, but also as *pǝu̯ - belong to *pōu̯ - “ the young, boy “ (Slav. pъta “ bird “ etc).

    References: WP. I 21, WH. 84, 850.

    See also: In connection with it stand most probably the words for “egg”, see under ōu-.