Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wiḱpótis

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 *weyḱ- (“village, household”) +‎ *pótis (“master”).

Noun

*wiḱpótis m[1][2][3]

  1. clan chief
  2. master of a household
  3. lord

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *wiḱpótis
genitive *wiḱpótis
singular dual plural
nominative *wiḱpótis *wiḱpótih₁(e) *wiḱpóteyes
vocative *wiḱpóti *wiḱpótih₁(e) *wiḱpóteyes
accusative *wiḱpótim *wiḱpótih₁(e) *wiḱpótims
genitive *wiḱpótis *? *wiḱpótyoHom
ablative *wiḱpótis *? *wiḱpótimos, *wiḱpótibʰos
dative *wiḱpótyey *? *wiḱpótimos, *wiḱpótibʰos
locative *wiḱpóti *? *wiḱpótisu
instrumental *wiḱpótih₁ *? *wiḱpótimis, *wiḱpótibʰis


Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *wiḱpótis
genitive *wiḱpótis
singular dual plural
nominative *wiḱpótis *wiḱpótih₁(e) *wiḱpóteyes
vocative *wiḱpóti *wiḱpótih₁(e) *wiḱpóteyes
accusative *wiḱpótim *wiḱpótih₁(e) *wiḱpótims
genitive *wiḱpótis *? *wiḱpótyoHom
ablative *wiḱpótis *? *wiḱpótimos, *wiḱpótibʰos
dative *wiḱpótyey *? *wiḱpótimos, *wiḱpótibʰos
locative *wiḱpóti *? *wiḱpótisu
instrumental *wiḱpótih₁ *? *wiḱpótimis, *wiḱpótibʰis

Derived terms

  • *wiḱ-pót-nih₂[4]
    • Proto-Albanian: *w(i)tspátnjā
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *w(e)iśpatnīˀ[5]
      • Lithuanian: viēšpati (“queen, mistress, lady”)
      • Old Prussian: waispattin (“mistress of a house”)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wićpátniH

Descendants

  • Proto-Albanian: *w(i)tspáti[4]
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *w(e)iśpatis[6]
    • Lithuanian: viēšpats (“god”)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wićpátiš
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiśpátiṣ
    • Proto-Iranian: *wicpátiš
      • Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīspaiti, “master of borough, clan-chief, household-chief”)
      • Old Persian: 𐎻𐎰𐎳𐎫 (*viθfáti)
        • Middle Persian: [script needed] (wyspt' /⁠wisbed⁠/, “clan-chief, village headman”)
        • Manichaean Middle Persian: [script needed] (wysbyd /⁠wisbed⁠/, “village headman”)
          • > (right loanword) Persian: ویسبذ (visbaz, “a class of rulers in ancient Iran”)
  • Proto-Tocharian:
    • Tocharian A: wikpots (“master of the clan”)

See also

References

  1. ^ Mallory, James Patrick (1989) In Search of the Indo-Europeans, Thames and Hudson, →ISBN, page 124
  2. ^ Anthony, David (2007) The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 92
  3. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 268
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “viēšpati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
  6. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “viēšpats”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
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