Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sih₂

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

Derived from *só + *-ih₂.

Pronoun

*sih₂

1. she

Derived terms

• *sih₂m̥ (accusative)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *siHm
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *siHm
      • Sanskrit: सीम् (sīm)
    • Proto-Iranian: *hiHm
      • Avestan: 𐬵𐬍𐬨 (hīm)

Descendants

• Proto-Celtic: *sī
  • Proto-Brythonic: *hi
    • Breton: hi
    • Welsh: hi
  • Old Irish: sí
    • Irish: sí
• Proto-Germanic: *sī
  • Old Saxon: sia, sie
    • Middle Low German: sê, su, sia
      • Dutch Low Saxon: zee
      • German Low German: se
      • Plautdietsch: see
  • Old Dutch: siu, sia
    • Middle Dutch: si, sie, soe, so
      • Dutch: zij
        • Afrikaans: sy
      • Limburgish: zie
  • Old High German: siu, si
    • Middle High German: si, sie
      • Alemannic German: si
      • Cimbrian: zi, si; ze
      • German: sie
      • Hunsrik: sie
      • Luxembourgish: si
      • Yiddish: זי (zi)
  • Gothic: 𐍃𐌹 (si)

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 335