Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰil-

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

*bʰil-

harmonious, friendly

Reconstruction notes edit

Potentially an attributive verb "to be harmonious, friendly." Derivations in daughter languages can also be explained as derivations of a verb. This could not reflect an earlier full-grade *bʰeyl- due to the lack of an expected o-grade in *biliz.

Descendants edit

*bʰíl-o-s
- Ancient Greek: φίλος (phílos) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic:
  - Old Irish: bil (“good, mild”)
*bʰíl-i-s
- Proto-Germanic: *biliz (see there for further descendants)

References edit

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*bhili-, *bhilo-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 153-154.
Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bila-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64

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