Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/íh₁
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Possibly from *í- + *-h₁ (instrumental suffix) as "in that way", parallel to *kʷí-h₁ (“how?”).[1]
Particle
*íh₁[1]
- emphatic particle
Alternative reconstructions
- *iH[2]
Reconstruction notes
Dunkel reconstructs the laryngeal based on the etymology as instrumental adverb.
Derived terms
- *íh₁-m[1]
- (perhaps) *kʷó íh₁ (whence Proto-Italic *kʷoi)
- (perhaps) *né íh₁
- (perhaps) *pr̥h₂ íh₁ (whence Proto-Italic *prāi)
Descendants
- Proto-Anatolian:
- Hittite: [Term?] (/-i/) (as in 𒀀𒅆 (a-ši /aši/, “that (one)”))
- Proto-Germanic:
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: -ῑ́ (-ī́) (as in νυνί (nuní))
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *iH
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dunkel, George E. (2014) “íh₁ 'so; gerade, genau'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, pages 377-383
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “-ῑ́”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 571
- ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) “í 2”, in Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary][1] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 282
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 366
Further reading
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “ī́”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 285