Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)poH(y)-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

De Vaan and Lubotsky suggest that this may be derived from a y-extension of *speh₁- (to be filled to the brim).[1]

Root

*(s)poH(y)-[2]

  1. foam

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)poH(y)- (10 c, 0 e)
  • *(s)poHy-m-os
    • Proto-Germanic: *faimaz m (foam) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *spoimā
      • Latin: spūma f (foam) (see there for further descendants)
    • *(s)poHy-m-ek-os
      • Proto-Italic: *poimeks
        • Latin: pūmex (pumice) (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)pHóy-(m)no-s[3][4] (likely rebuilt from an n-stem,[3] perhaps mn-stem *(s)péHi-mn̥ ~ *(s)pHi-mén-s[5])
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pʰáy(m)nas (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)póHy-neh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *(s)páiˀnāˀ (foam) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011). "The origin of Sanskrit roots of the type sīv- 'to sew', dīv- 'to play dice', with an appendix on Vedic i-perfects." In: Stephanie W. Jamison, H. Craig Melchert, and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, 105-126. Bremen: Hempen.
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498; 583
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (1988) The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European[1], Brill, page 66:*(s)pHoi-no-
  4. ^ Kulikov, Leonid (2017) “Part 4 Chapter 2: Indo-Aryan”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 228:*pHoyno-
  5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “phéna-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 204:*(s)pHoi̯-n° (~ *-m° aus älterer *-men-Ableitung’?)