Cognate Set 856 – Meaning: bird

IE-CoR reference form:
*h₂eu̯-i-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
Indo-Iranic and Italic lexemes from PIE *h₂eu̯-i- 'bird' (EWAia II:507-508, Turner 1962–1966:659 no. 11304, de Vaan 2008:65-66, Meyer-Lübke 1935:65-66, nos. 827, 828, and 831). For Hellenic and Armenian lexemes attached to this class not in the target meaning, cf. Beekes 2010:35, Martirosyan 2010:398-399).
Found in clades:
Indic, Iranic, Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 3 clades by 19 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
141   Catalan ocell uˈseʎ uˈseʎ
136   French oiseau wazo wazo
129   Italian uccello utˈtʃɛllo utˈtʃɛllo
131   Ladin ucel uˈtʃel
144   Portuguese ave ˈavɨ ˈavɨ Large bird, though technically it can refer to any kind of bird.
143   Spanish ave ˈaβe ˈabe arge bird in normal language use, though technically it also refers tosmall birds
137   Walloon oûhê uːˈhɛː uːˈhɛː
124   Latin auis ˈawis ˈawis G.sg. auis
21   Vedic: Early véḥ, víḥ वेः, विः ˈʋɐjh, ˈʋih váis, vís EARLY SWADESH TERM
130   Friulian uciel uˈtʃjɛl uˈtʃjɛl
46   Avestan: Younger vi 𐬬𐬌 u̯i stem alternation vi-/vaii-
147   Umbrian avif Native script: avif (acc.pl., Ib 8), avef (acc.pl., Ib 10), avis (abl.pl. IIa 16) aves (abl.pl., Ia 1). Latin script: auif (acc.pl., VIb 47, 48 [two times]), aueif (acc.pl., VIa 4, 18), auuei (acc.pl., VIa 3), aueis (abl.pl., VIa 1).
128   Neapolitan auciello auˈʃjellə auˈʃjellə
135   Anglo-Norman oisel
139   Franco-Provençal ouaizè wæĭˈze ua͡iˈze masculine noun
138   Old Occitan aucel, auceou many acceptable spellings
140   Old Catalan aucell əwˈseʎ əwˈseʎ Also auzell = əw'zeʎ
38   Khowar boik بوئیک bɔˑˈik bɔjík
132   Milanese üSèl yˈzɛl
References
  • Martirosyan, Hrach: 398-399
    S.v. Arm. haw₁ 'bird', connected with Lat. avis, -is, and other words belonging to the PIE word for 'bird' (Gk. αἰετός < *awi-etos 'eagle', Skt. váy- YAv. vaii-, etc.).
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:507-508
    S.v. Ved. váy- 'Vogel' (cf. Kho. boik, Singh. viyā 'Vogel') < PIE *h₂u̯ei̯- (cf. Arm. haw, Lat. auis 'bird', Gk. αἰετός 'eagle', etc.).
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm: 65-66
    S.v. 827. Lat. avicella 'kleiner Vogel', 2. aucella.; 828. Lat. avicellus 'Vogel', 2. 'aucellus'; 831 Lat. avis 'Vogel'.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley: 659
    S.v. 11304 váyas- (1) n. 'bird' RV. [ví-]. Kho. boik 'bird' (< *vayaska- ?), Si. viyā.
  • de Vaan, Michiel: 65-66
    S.v. Lat. avis 'bird', from Proto-Italic *awi- (Umbrian <b>avif</b>), from PIE *h₂eui- 'bird' (cf. Skt. váy- [nom.sg. véḥ/viḥ], YAv. vii- 'bird', Gk. αἰετός (< *h₂eu̯i-eto-), Arm. haw 'bird').