Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰeyh₂-

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

Etymology 1 edit

Root edit

*bʰeyh₂-[1]

  1. to shake, tremble
  2. to fear, be afraid
Alternative reconstructions edit
Derived terms edit
  • *bʰéyh₂-e-tor ~ *bʰéyh₂-o-ntor (mediopassive root present)[1]
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰáyHatay (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰéyh₂-dʰe-ti (dʰe-present)
  • *bʰéyh₂-t ~ *bʰih₂-ént (athematic root perfect)[1]
  • *bʰí-bʰeyh₂-ti (i-reduplicated present)
  • *bʰi-bʰóyh₂-e ~ *bʰi-bʰih₂-ḗr (i-reduplicated stative)[1]
    • Proto-Germanic: *bibāną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰibʰā́yHa (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰih₂-mó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰiHmás (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰih₂-tó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰiHtás (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰei̯h₂-⁰”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 72
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhōi- : bhəi- : bhī- (bhii̯ə-)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 161-162

Etymology 2 edit

Possibly connected with *bʰeyh₂- (to strike; to fear) above, as a semantic relationship between “shake” and “strike” is widely paralleled.

Root edit

*bʰeyh₂-[1]

  1. to strike, hit
  2. to hew, cut
Alternative reconstructions edit
Derived terms edit
  • *bʰéyh₂-ti ~ *bʰih₂-énti (athematic root present)[4]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bī́ˀtei (to beat)[4] (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰih₂-éh₁ye-ti (eh₁-stative)[5]
  • *bʰi-né-h₂-ti (nasal-infix present)[2][5]
  • *bʰih₂-tró-s[5][8]
  • *bʰih₂-tweh₂[4][5]
  • *bʰoyh₂-ó-s[4][5]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *baiˀjas
      • Proto-Slavic: *bojь (a battle, fight)[4] (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰoyh₂-nóm
    • Proto-Germanic: *bainą (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*bʰeihₐ- 'strike'”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰei̯Η-⁰”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 72
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhei(ə)-, bhī-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 117-118
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 41: “*bʰiH-”
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*bi(j)ēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64: “*bheiH- 'to hit'”
  6. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*bi-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 65: “*bʰeyH- 'strike'”
  7. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fīnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 222: “*bhiH- 'to hit, strike'”
  8. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φιτρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1574: “*bʰiH- 'to strike, hew, cut'”