Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swe-

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 *swé (“self”).

Prefix

*swe-^[1]^[2]

self

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-European terms prefixed with *swe- not found

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swa-
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *swa-
  - Sanskrit: स्व- (sva-)
- Proto-Iranian: *hwa-^[3]
  - Avestan: 𐬓𐬀- (xᵛa-, “self-”) (cf. 𐬓𐬀𐬜𐬁𐬙𐬀 (xᵛaδāta, “self-placed, self-standed”))
  - Bactrian: χοα- (khoa- /⁠xwa⁠/, “self-, own”), χο- (kho-)
Proto-Italic:
- Latin: sē- (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 882
^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I. Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; VI), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 231

[1] Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 882

[3] Sims-Williams, Nicholas (2000) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I. Legal and Economic Documents (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II; VI), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 231

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