Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁yénh₂tēr

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

Noun

*h₁yénh₂tēr f (oblique stem *h₁yn̥h₂tr-)

  1. co-sister-in-law (wife of the husband's brother)

Descendants

  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: նէր (nēr), նեար (near)reading variant
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *jenˀtē
    • Proto-Slavic: *ętry (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
  • Proto-Italic:
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HyaHtā
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HyaHtā
      • Sanskrit: यातृ (yātṛ) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Iranian: *HyaHtā
      • Persian: جاری (jâri) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: यन्त्रिणी (yantriṇī), यन्त्रणी (yantraṇī)

References

  • Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 204-207
  • Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216