Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰrey-

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

    Extended from *gʰer- (“to rub”).[1]

    Root

    *gʰrey-[2][3]

    1. to smear
    2. to paint
    3. to streak

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *ģʰrey(H)-[4]

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰrey- (13 c, 0 e)

    Unsorted derivations:

    • Proto-Germanic: *grīmô (see there for further descendants)
    • Hellenic:
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • >? Lithuanian: griẽti (or possibly a variant with g- from *krey-, compare Latvian krìet (“to skim”))

    References

    1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 457
    2. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 203
    3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “χρίω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1650
    4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “grieti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 187-8
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