||| |-|-|-| [[Watkins]] | `*aiw` / `*ayu`; Oldest forms `*h₂eiw`, `*h₂eyu‑`, colored to `*h₂aiw‑`, `*h₂ayu‑`. Zero-grade form `*yu‑` (earlier `*h₂yu‑`) | "Vital force, life, long life, eternity; also 'endowed with the acme of vital force, young.'" **Pokorny**:17 | `*aiu̯-, ai̯u-`   | vitality, life force [[Calin]]| `*hā́yu-`| **lifespan** (vital force) **Buck** (Semantic Field) | | 4 Body Parts & Functions / 4.7.4 to Live; Living; Life ## Compounds [[*aiw-gwei "having a vigorous life"]] ## Derivatives [[*yeu- "Vigor"]] ## Reflexes In. *ā́yu(s)-*; Av. *āyū*, G *yaoš*; Gr. *aiôn*; Lt. *aeuus*; Ir. *áes*; Goth. *aiws*; ON *ævi*; OE *æ(w)*; OHG *ēwa*. ## Poetics [[■ LIFE EVERLASTING]] [[■ LONG-LIVING (gods) ∕ LONG LIFESPAN ∕ AGE]]