English
aulos
Aulos comes from Ancient Greek αὐλός ‘any pipe-shaped instrument: flute, clarinet,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós ‘something hollow, hollowed out’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ewlós‘something hollow, hollowed out’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*aulósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαὐλόςaulós‘any pipe-shaped instrument: flute, clarinet, pipe’
- Englishtodayaulos
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ewlós‘something hollow, hollowed out’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*aulósreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEαὐλόςaulós‘any pipe-shaped instrument: flute, clarinet, pipe’
- Englishtodayaulos
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós
Today it means
noun Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós / aulos