Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péyh₂tu
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Proto-Indo-European[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”) + *-tu.
Noun[edit]
- something fattening, nourishing
Inflection[edit]
Athematic, proterokinetic | |||
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singular | |||
nominative | *péyh₂tu | ||
genitive | *pih₂téws | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative | *péyh₂tu | *péyh₂twih₁ | *péyh₂tuh₂ |
vocative | *péyh₂tu | *péyh₂twih₁ | *péyh₂tuh₂ |
accusative | *péyh₂tu | *péyh₂twih₁ | *péyh₂tuh₂ |
genitive | *pih₂téws | *? | *pih₂téwoHom |
ablative | *pih₂téws | *? | *pih₂túmos |
dative | *pih₂téwey | *? | *pih₂túmos |
locative | *pih₂téw, *pih₂téwi | *? | *pih₂túsu |
instrumental | *pih₂túh₁ | *? | *pih₂túmis |
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Laryngeal loss attributed to CHCC > CCC.
Derived terms[edit]
- *péyh₂tw-o-s[3]
- *péyh₂tw-eh₂
- *pih₂tw-ó-s
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *péiˀtu
- Proto-Celtic: *ɸētu[4]
- Old Irish: íath (“land, territory”)
- Proto-Celtic: *ɸitu (“grain”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *piHtú (“fat, tallow; food”) (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 139
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*faj(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124: “*peih₂-tuo-”
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129