Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/éǵh₂

Reconstruction
The presence of the laryngeal is confirmed by the -h- in Sanskrit ahám. Instead of the unknown medial laryngeal *-H-, *-h₂- is often reconstructed here on the basis of Indo-Iranian assimilation, but there is no secure evidence that would prove such an assumption.

Three forms can be reconstructed formally for the nominative singular, using the comparative method:
 * *éǵ (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬/, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Avestan azə)
 * *eǵh₂óm (Sanskrit ahám, Avestan azə̄m, OCS azъ, Homeric Greek )
 * *eǵóH (Latin, Greek , Venetic )

There seem to be no grounds for assuming an initial *h₁ in the nominative singular (although it is not impossible) or a final *-H in the form *éǵ. The form *éǵ is the most archaic one, with *eǵHóm and *eǵóh₂ being younger, dialectal variants. The sandhi form of *éǵ - *éḱ, with a final devoiced plosive, is attested in Baltic (Old Prussian, ), Armenian , and apparently in the Hittite variant .

For the oblique singular stem, a reconstruction of an initial *h₁ can be justified on the basis of Greek, Hittite , and Armenian.

Pronoun

 * 1) I (first-person pronoun)

Derived terms

 * *h₁mós
 * Hellenic:
 * Armenian:
 * *memos (from gen. *méme, with loss of second m)?, *mewos (contaminated by *tewos, *sewos)?, *meyos (from dat. *mey)?
 * *memos (from gen. *méme, with loss of second m)?, *mewos (contaminated by *tewos, *sewos)?, *meyos (from dat. *mey)?
 * *memos (from gen. *méme, with loss of second m)?, *mewos (contaminated by *tewos, *sewos)?, *meyos (from dat. *mey)?

Descendants

 * (< *uǵ)
 * Old Albanian: (< *udh),  (< *nōs)
 * (< u + -në) (attest. 1462, Skanderbeg's counselor),
 * Armenian:
 * (< *mes)
 * (< *mes)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)
 * Tocharian: (?)
 * (< *mne-ge)