Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁rṓs

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

    De Vaan considers the semantic and phonetic similarity to *h₁ers- (to flow) to be evidence of derivation through schwebeablaut.[3]

    Noun

    *h₁rṓs m or f[1][2][3][4][5][6]

    1. (trickling) liquid, moisture
    2. dew
    3. (possibly) juice, sap

    Inflection

    Possibly, based on the alternation between *e and *o:

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *h₁rṓs
    genitive *h₁résos
    singular dual plural
    nominative *h₁rṓs *h₁rósh₁(e) *h₁róses
    vocative *h₁rós *h₁rósh₁(e) *h₁róses
    accusative *h₁rósm̥ *h₁rósh₁(e) *h₁rósm̥s
    genitive *h₁résos *? *h₁résoHom
    ablative *h₁résos *? *h₁résmos, *h₁résbʰos
    dative *h₁résey *? *h₁résmos, *h₁résbʰos
    locative *h₁rés, *h₁rési *? *h₁résu
    instrumental *h₁résh₁ *? *h₁résmis, *h₁résbʰis

    Derived terms

    • *h₁ros-éh₂ (from the strong stem, thematicized in *-éh₂)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rasā́ˀ (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₁res-éh₂, *h₁rés-eh₂ (from the weak stem, thematicized in *-éh₂, *-eh₂)
      • >? Proto-Hellenic: (or another Indo-European language)
        • >? Ancient Greek: Ῥέα (Rhéa) (likely unrelated; probably borrowed from an unknown source in any case) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HrasáH (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HrásaH
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HrásaH
    • *h₁rés-o-s (from the weak stem, thematicized in *-o-)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrásas
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrásas
          • Sanskrit: रस (rása) (see there for further descendants)
    • ? *h₁ros-n(-)i- (from the strong stem?, with uncommon ni-suffix)[7]
      • >? Proto-Albanian: *rosni
    • ? *h₁rōs-ye-ti (denominative ye-present (from the lengthened-grade nom.sg.?), likely post-PIE formation)[1]
      • >? Proto-Albanian: *rāšja
        • >? Albanian: resh (to precipitate)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Italic: *rōs
      • Latin: rōs (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, pages 158–159:*rṓs
    2. 2.0 2.1 Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*res-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 574–575
    3. 3.0 3.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 526-7
    4. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “rása-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 441-2
    5. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
    6. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 336
    7. ^ Huld, Martin E. (1984) “Proto-Indo-European/h₁rṓs”, in Basic Albanian Etymologies, Columbus: Slavica Publishers, →ISBN, pages 107–108