Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂elh₁-

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

Root

*h₂elh₁-

  1. to grind

Derived terms

  • *h₂élh₁-ti ~ *h₂l̥h₁-énti (athematic root present)[1]
    • Ancient Greek: ἀλέω (aléō)
  • *h₂l̥-né-h₁-ti ~ *h₂l̥-n-h₁-énti (nasal-infix present)[2][3]
    • Armenian
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hr̥náHti
      • Proto-Iranian: *Hr̥náHti
  • *h₂léh₁-wr̥
  • *h₂l̥h₁-tós
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hr̥Htás
      • Proto-Iranian: *Hr̥Htáh (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₂elh₁-won-
    • Tocharian:
      • Tocharian B: *alāwu
        • Tocharian B: alāᵤ (wether)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 65
  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 277
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 26-27

Further reading

  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “alāᵤ”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 27