ōus2 : ǝus- : us-

    ōus2 : ǝus- : us-

    English meaning: ear

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Ohr”

    Note: extended with -i (ǝusi-s), -es (ǝusos- n.) and -en

    Note: Root ōus2 : ǝus- : us- : “ear”, derived from zero grade of Root ghous- : “to sound; hear”. Only Indo Iranian: O.Ind. ghṓ ṣ ati “ sounds, announces aloud, hears “, Av. gaoš- “hear”, O.Pers. gauša-, Av. gaoša- m. “ear”, Pers. gōš “ear”

    Material: Av. uši nom. Du. “ both ears, understanding, mind, sense”, instr. Du. uši-bya, Pers. hoš (Iran.*auš-) “ear”; Arm. unkn “ear” (*us-on-ko-m); kn after akn “eye”; Maybe Gk. ὤFατα “ auricular, ears “ : Luwian (*gh(o)umata) tumman- (an ear) Breton skouarn “ear” : Arm. unkn “ear” (*us-on-ko-m); Gk. Dor. ὦς (*ōus) “ear”; ōu also in ὤFατα “ auricular, ears “ Alkm., ἀμφ-ῶες Theokr. “ with two handles “, Dor. ἐξ-ωβάδια “ earrings “, ὑπερ-ώιη “ palate “, Att. λαγ-ώς, Hom. λαγ- ωός n. “ hare “ (*slǝg-ōusos) “with loose ears”; ǝus- in Gk. lak. αὖς “ear”, pl. ἄανθα (*αυσ- ανθα) Alkm., tarent. ἆτα (*αυσατα); Ion. παρ-ήιον, Att. παρ-εία, Lesb. παρ-αύα ‘schläfe” (: O.Ir. arae); Gk. ous- (hybridization of nominative ōus- with ǝus-) in Att. οὖς (*οὖσος) “ear”, Hom. gen. οὔατος (*ουσn̥τος), ὠκίδες “ earrings “ Hes. (*ous-n̥-ko-); about ἀκούω see above S. 18, 587; about Att. ἀκροᾶσθαι (*ακρ-ους-)s. Schwyzer Gk. 1, 348; Alb. vesh m. “ear” (*ōus-, ōs-);

    Note: This seems erroneous etymology. Alb. cognate proves that Illyr. used a prothetic v- before bare initial vowels, while Gk. preserved the old laryngeal H-. Also Alb. (*ves) vath “earring”, vathë “loop, sheepfold, pen”, [the common Alb. -s > -th shift]. The trail of the Alb. cognate goes back to the loss of the old laryngeal in IE: Baluchi gosh, Tadzik gus, Afghan gvaz, Albanian veshi, Greek Cretan hous, Byelorussian vuchi, vuxa, Lusatian L hucho, Lusatian U wucho, Ukrainian vucho, vuxo, Macedonian uvo, usi “ear” Phonetic mutation were sk- > h- from Celtic to Greek while Illyrian dialects introduced prothetic v- before bare initial vowels. Lat. auris f. “ear” (*ausi-s); from-cultō “horche” see above S. 552; O.Ir. üu, ō n. “ear” (*ǝusos-); O.Ir. arae m. ‘schläfe” (*par-ausi̯os), Plur. in PN Arai; Gaul. PN Arausiō “Orange” (Thurneysen KZ. 59, 12); PN Su-ausiü f. “with nice, beautiful ears”; Goth. ausō n. “ear” (Gmc. *ausan-); with gramm. variation (*auzan-): O.Ice. eyra, O.E. eare, O.Fris. are, O.S. O.H.G. ōra n. “ear”; therefrom O.H.G. ōri, M.H.G. ære “Öhr”; Lith. ausìs f. (older also m.), gen. pl. ausų̃ (konson. stem), Ltv. àuss f.; O.Pruss. acc. pl. üusins “the ears”, besides ausins voc. m.; O.C.S. ucho, gen. ušese (s-stem).

    References: WP. I 18, WH. I 85 f., Trautmann 18 f., Schwyzer Gk. 1, 348, 520.