Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/krey-

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

Alternative reconstructions edit

*kreh₁(y)-^[1]

Root edit

*krey-^[2]

to sift, separate, divide

Derived terms edit

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *krey-‎ (19 c, 0 e)

The root was often reformed as *krey(n)- based on the original nasal-infix present.

*kreyn- (reformed root present)
- Proto-Germanic: *hrīnaną (see there for further descendants)
*kr̥-né-y- ~ *kr̥-n-i- (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Celtic: *kriniti^[3]
  - Proto-Brythonic:
    - Middle Breton: crenaff
    - Cornish: crenna, krena
    - Middle Welsh: crynu
      - Welsh: crynu
  - ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *ɸarekriniti
    - Proto-Brythonic: *ėrgrɨnɨd
      - Welsh: ergryn
    - Old Irish: ara·chrin
*kri-n-ye- (innovative ye-present)
- Proto-Hellenic: *kríňňō
  - Ancient Greek: κρῑ́νω (krī́nō), κρίννω (krínnō)
    - Greek: κρίνω (kríno)
    - Mariupol Greek: крину (krinu)
*kri-né-h₁- ~ *kri-n-h₁- (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Italic: *krinō^[4]
  - Latin: cernō (see there for further descendants)
*kroyh₁-eye- (causative/iterative present)
- Proto-Slavic: *krojìti (see there for further descendants)
*krey-deh₂
- Proto-Slavic: *krida^[5]
  - Upper Sorbian: křida (“sieve”)
  - Lower Sorbian: kśida (“sieve”)
*krey-dʰrom (“sieve”, instrument)
- Proto-Italic: *kreiðrom^[6]
  - Latin: crībrum (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *hrīdrą (see there for further descendants)
*krey-trom
- Proto-Celtic: *krētros (“sieve”)^[7]
  - Proto-Brythonic: *kruɨdr (see there for further descendants)
  - Old Irish: críathar
    - Irish: criathar
*kréy-mn̥
- Proto-Hellenic: *kréimə
  - Ancient Greek: κρῖμα (krîma)
    - Greek: κρίμα (kríma)
- Proto-Italic: *kreimən
  - Latin: crīmen (see there for further descendants)
*kri-tós
- Proto-Hellenic: *kritós
  - Ancient Greek: κριτός (kritós)
- Proto-Italic: *kritos^[8]
  - Latin: certus, crētus (see there for further descendants)
*kroyn-is
- Proto-Germanic: *hrainiz (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations:
- >? Proto-Slavic: *kràjь (see there for further descendants)

References edit

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*kreh₁(i̯)-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 366
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kri-ni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cernō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 110: “PIt. *krin-e/o-, ppp. *kritos”
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*krida”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 151
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “crībrum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144: “PIt. *kreiþro-”
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*krē-tro-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “certus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111: “PIt. *krito- ‘distinguished’”