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:
Indo-Iranic, Italic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 20 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
140   Catalan ocell uˈseʎ uˈseʎ
135   French oiseau wazo wazo
127   Italian uccello utˈtʃɛllo utˈtʃɛllo
129   Ladin ucel uˈtʃel
143   Portuguese ave ˈavɨ ˈavɨ Large bird, though technically it can refer to any kind of bird.
142   Spanish ave ˈaβe ˈabe arge bird in normal language use, though technically it also refers tosmall birds
136   Walloon oûhê uːˈhɛː uːˈhɛː
122   Latin auis ˈawis ˈawis G.sg. auis
19   Vedic: Early véḥ, víḥ वेः, विः ˈʋɐjh, ˈʋih váis, vís EARLY SWADESH TERM
128   Friulian uciel uˈtʃjɛl uˈtʃjɛl
44   Avestan: Younger vi 𐬬𐬌 u̯i stem alternation vi-/vaii-
146   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).
126   Neapolitan auciello auˈʃjellə auˈʃjellə
133   Old French oisel
134   Anglo-Norman oisel
138   Franco-Provençal ouaizè wæĭˈze ua͡iˈze masculine noun
137   Old Occitan aucel, auceou many acceptable spellings
139   Old Catalan aucell əwˈseʎ əwˈseʎ Also auzell = əw'zeʎ
36   Khowar boik بوئیک bɔˑˈik bɔjík
130   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').