Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/perh₂-

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

    *perh₂-[1]

    1. to sell

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perh₂- (2 c, 0 e)
    • *pérh₂-t ~ pr̥h₂-ént (athematic root aorist)[1]
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: ἐπέρᾰσᾰ (epérăsă), ἐπέρᾰσσᾰ (epérăssă)
    • *pr̥-né-h₂-ti ~ pr̥-n-h₂-énti (nasal-infix present)[1]
      • >? Proto-Celtic:
      • Proto-Hellenic:
    • *porh₂-neh₂
      • Proto-Hellenic: *pórnē (with loss of laryngeal due to Saussure's law, or loss between liquid and nasal[2])
        • Ancient Greek: πόρνη (pórnē) (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Italic:
      • ? Latin: pars (see there for further descendants)
      • ? Latin: portiō (see there for further descendants)
      • ? Latin: pār (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 474
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πόρνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1222-1223

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