Proto-Indo-European Roots

Proto-Indo-European Roots

*Root/Stem:*	*aus-

*Meanings:*	an ear

*Cognates:*
Hellenic	Greek *ós, ótos* 'ear'
Italic	Latin *auris* < *ausis 'ear'
Celtic	Old Irish *au, ó* 'ear'
Iranian	Avestan *uši* (dual) 'ears' Persian *hoš* 'ear'
Armenian	Armenian *unkn* 'ear', gen. *unkan*
Germanic	Common Germanic ausó, auzó 'ear' > Gothic *auso, Old Norse eyra, Old English éare, Old Frisian áre, Old High German óre, Old Saxon óra, Danish o"re,* Swedish *o"ra, Dutch oor, German Ohr*
Baltic	Lithuanian *ausis* 'ear', Latvian *auss, Old Prussian ausins* 'ears'
Slavic	Common Slavic uxo 'ear', ušesa 'ears' > Russian *uho* 'ear'

Notes:	A typcial diphthong root which denoted a part of body and therefore was quite stable through the history of the Indo-European family. The Latin word *audio* 'I listen' is also a cognate, and threfore it is related to the English ear.