Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁op-

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

Root

*h₁op-[1]

  1. to desire

Reconstruction notes

According to Mallory and Adams, this word may be an intensive derived from *h₁ep-.

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ōp-
    • Proto-Slavic: *(j)apa, *(j)apъ (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἐπιόψομαι (epiópsomai)
  • Proto-Italic:
  • >? Proto-Tocharian: (more likely an Iranian loanword)[2]

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*h₁op-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 158
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “781”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 781
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