Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁eh₁t-

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

    Possibly onomatopoeic, compare *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

    Root

    *h₁eh₁t-

    1. to breathe
    2. breath

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eh₁t- (9 c, 0 e)
    • *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath; spirit”)[1][2][3]
    • *h₁éh₁t-r̥ ~ *h₁h₁t-éns (“lung, internal organ”)[4][5]
      • Proto-Germanic: *ēþrǭ (“vein”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: ἦτορ (êtor, “heart”)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • Proto-Celtic: *atākos[1]
        • Old Irish: athach (“breath; blowing, wind”)
      • Proto-Germanic: *ēþmaz (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959), “*ēt-mén-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 345
    2. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*h₁eh₁tmén-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 187, 189, 190
    3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ēþman- ~ *ēdman-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 119-120
    4. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*h₁eh₁tr-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 185, 187, 190
    5. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*ēþrō- - *ēdrō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120
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