Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sel-

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

*sel-^[1]^[2]

jump, spring

Alternative reconstructions

*sh₂el-, *sal-

Reconstruction notes

LIV rejects the *sh₂el- and *sal- reconstructions and explains the Italo-Celtic sal- as a development of initial *sl̥y-. De Vaan regards the grade of the vowel in the reconstruction of this root as uncertain.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sel- (17 c, 0 e)

*sél-t ~ *sl-ént (root aorist)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἆλτο (âlto, Epic aorist)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Sanskrit: असरत् (ásarat), सरति (sarati) (thematicized) (see there for further descendants)
*sí-sel-ti ~ *sí-sl-n̥ti (i-reduplicated root athematic present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Sanskrit: सिसर्ति (sísarti)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἱάλλω (hiállō), ἰάλλω (iállō)
*sl̥-yé-tor (ye-present)
- Proto-Hellenic: *həľľomai
  - Ancient Greek: ἅλλομαι (hállomai, “to leap, jump”)
- Proto-Italic: *saljō
  - Latin: salio (“to jump”) (see there for further descendants)
*se-sól-e ~ *se-sl-ḗr (stative)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sasā́ra
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sasā́ra
    - Sanskrit: ससार (sasā́ra)
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: salamo
  - Tocharian A: salat
*sol-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sāráyati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sāráyati
    - Sanskrit: सारयति (sāráyati) (see there for further descendants)
*sl̥-tós
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sr̥tás
  - Sanskrit: सृत (sṛtá)
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: saltus
*sél-trom (instrument noun)
- Proto-Celtic: *saltrom (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sar- (partly; merged with *ser-)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sar-
  - Sanskrit: सृ (sṛ)
Proto-Tocharian: *sal-

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 527
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 527

[De_Vaan_2008-2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 535

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