Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/senh₂-

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

    *senh₂-[1][2]

    1. to obtain

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *senh₂- (1 c, 0 e)
    • *sénh₂-t ~ *sn̥h₂-ént (athematic root aorist)[1]
      • Proto-Anatolian:
        • Hittite: [Term?] (/⁠sanahzi⁠/, to seek)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: ἤνεσα (ḗnesa)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HásanHat (thematized)
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
          • Sanskrit: असनत् (ásanat)
        • Proto-Iranian:
          • Old Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬁𐬝 (hanāt̰, 3sg.aor.subj.)
    • *sn̥-né-h₂-ti ~ *sn̥-n-h₂-énti (athematic root aorist)[1]
      • Proto-Celtic: *sannati (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • *se-sónh₂-e ~ *se-sn̥h₂-ḗr (reduplicated perfect)[1]
      • >? Proto-Armenian:
      • Proto-Celtic: *sesone (preterite of *sannati)
      • >? Proto-Germanic: *sann (past of *sinnaną)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sasánHa ~ *sasanHŕ̥
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
        • Proto-Iranian:
          • Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬥𐬎𐬱 (haŋhanuš, perf.part.)
    • *sonh₂-éye-ti (causative)[1]
      • Proto-Celtic: *sonīti (see there for further descendants)
    • *sn̥h₂-tó-s
      • Proto-Celtic: *snatos (past participle of *sannati)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *saHtás
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    Unsorted formations
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *sinnaną (or from *sent- (to feel)) (see there for further descendants)
    • Sanskrit: सनितृ (sánitṛ, winner), सनित्र (sanítra, gift), गोषणि (goṣáṇi, winning cows)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sanH-

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*senh₂- 'erlangen, erwischen'”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 532-533
    2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “sani”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 441
    3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “unim”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 636-637

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