Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁op-

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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 edit

Root edit

*h₁op-^[1]

to desire

Reconstruction notes edit

According to Mallory and Adams, this word may be an intensive derived from *h₁ep-.

Descendants edit

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ōp-
- Proto-Slavic: *(j)apa, *(j)apъ (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἐπιόψομαι (epiópsomai)
Proto-Italic:
- Latin: optō
>? Proto-Tocharian: (more likely an Iranian loanword)^[2]
- Tocharian A: opyāc
- Tocharian B: epyac, epiyac

References edit

^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*h₁op-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 158
^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 781, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 781

[1] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*h₁op-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 158

[2] Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 781, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 781

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