Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pós

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

    Thought to be related to Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (at the back, on) in meaning and to Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó (away) in form. However, dialectal Greek evidence points to the absence of laryngeals, at least in late PIE.

    Dunkel gives the two meanings ("afterwards"[1] vs. "by, at"[2]) as unrelated. This seems unnecessary given the development of German nach in the sense of "after" from original "near".[3]

    Adverb

    *(H)pós

    1. afterwards, post-
    2. by, at

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *Hpós, *h₁pós, *h₂pós

    Derived terms

      • *pós-ti[4] (with the ablative marker *-ti encountered also in *h₂énti) or *pós-dʰi[1]
        • Proto-Italic: *posti
          • Latin: post, poste (archaic)
          • Oscan: post, púst, pustin
          • Umbrian: posti (after, behind), pusti
            • Apocopated forms: post, 𐌐𐌖𐌔 (pus)
          • South Picene: 𐌐𐌏𐌔𐌕𐌉𐌍 (postin)
        • Old Armenian: ըստ (əst, on, according to, one after another)
      • *pós-dʰh₁-oy ? (with the locative extension *-dʰh₁oy)
        • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pasdai
          • Proto-Slavic: *pozdě (lately)[5]
      • *po(s)-skʷ-éh₁[4] or *pós-kʷe[1]
        • >? Proto-Albanian:
        • Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian: *poščáH
          • ? Proto-Finno-Permic: *pošja (~ back)
            • Proto-Finnic: *pohja (see there for further descendants)
            • Proto-Samic: *poaššō (see there for further descendants)
          • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pasčáH
            • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pasčáH
              • Sanskrit: पश्चा (paścā́, following) (see there for further descendants)
            • Proto-Iranian: *pasčaH
              • Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca, later)
              • Ossetian: (after)
                Digor Ossetian: фӕсте (fæste)
                Iron Ossetian: фӕстӕ (fæstæ)
              • >? Old Persian: 𐎱𐎿𐎠 (p-s-a /⁠pasā⁠/)
                • Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭮 (ps /⁠pas⁠/)
                  • Persian: پس (pas, then)

      Descendants

      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pás
      • >? Proto-Hellenic: *pós
        • Ancient Greek: πός (pós) (attested in Arcadian and Pisidian)[8] (or from Proto-Hellenic *poti, see *próti)

      References

      1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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, pages 75-78:1.*pó-s 'hinten, nach; spät'
      2. ^ 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 628:2.*pós 'zu – hin; bei'
      3. ^ Friedrich Kluge (2011) “nach”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 25th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 645:Bedeutungsentwicklung 'nahe bei' zu 'unmittelbar danach'
      4. 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “post”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 483-484
      5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pozdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
      6. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pas”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 312
      7. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344
      8. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1224