Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/twerH-

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

    *twerH-[1][2][3][4]

    1. to enclose, fence in
    2. to grab, seize

    Derived terms

    • *turH-yé-ti (yé-present)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Proto-Baltic: *turētei
    • *twérH-ye-ti (ye-present)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Latvian: tvert (to grab, seize)
        • Lithuanian: tvérti
    • *tworH-éye-ti (causative-iterative)[3]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *twárīˀtei
        • Latvian: tvarstīt (to snap, to catch)
        • Lithuanian: tvárstyti (to bandage)
        • Proto-Slavic: *tvorìti (to make) (see there for further descendants)
    • *twōr (root noun)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • Lithuanian: tvora (fence)
        • Proto-Slavic: *tvarь (see there for further descendants)
    • *tworH-o-s
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *twaras
        • Lithuanian: ap-tvaras (fence)
        • Proto-Slavic: *tvȏrъ (creation, creature) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *tworós
        • Ancient Greek: σορός (sorós, coffin, urn)
    • *twérH-ō ~ *turH-nés
      • >? Proto-Germanic: *þwerō; *þurraz
        • ? Proto-West Germanic: *þurruk (hold (of a ship)) (see there for further descendants)
    • *twerH-y-eh₂[1]
      • Proto-Hellenic: *tseřřā́
        • Ancient Greek: σειρά (seirá), σειρή (seirḗ), σηρᾱ́ (sērā́)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 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 1373
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 500-501
    3. 3.0 3.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “twerH-1”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 656
    4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 476-477