Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sélos

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

    From a late, southern dialectal variant that is found mostly in East Indo-European languages, namely the Armenian, Greek and Indo-Iranian branches.

    Noun

    *sélos n (oblique stem *séles-)[1][2]

    1. marsh

    Inflection

    Athematic, acrostatic
    singular
    nominative *sélos
    genitive *sélesos
    singular dual plural
    nominative *sélos *sélesih₁ *sélōs
    vocative *sélos *sélesih₁ *sélōs
    accusative *sélos *sélesih₁ *sélōs
    genitive *sélesos *? *sélesoHom
    ablative *sélesos *? *sélesmos, *sélesbʰos
    dative *sélesey *? *sélesmos, *sélesbʰos
    locative *séles, *sélesi *? *sélesu
    instrumental *sélesh₁ *? *sélesmis, *sélesbʰis

    Derived terms

    • *séles-wn̥t-ih₂ ~ *seles-wn̥t-yéh₂s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *SáraswatiH (see there for further descendants)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Armenian: (perhaps)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *hélos
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sáras (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic:

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
    2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253
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