Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰlewH-

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 forms edit

Etymology edit

Possible laryngeal extension of *bʰlew-, whence Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō, to overflow, flood), itself possibly suffixed in *-ew- from *bʰel- (to blow (up), swell).

Root edit

*bʰlewH-[3]

  1. to overflow

Derived terms edit

  • *bʰléwH-ti ~ *bʰluH-énti (athematic root present)[3][4]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bljauˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic: *bľuti (to vomit) (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Slavic: *bľьvati (to vomit)[5] (see there for further descendants)
        • ? Proto-Slavic: *bľúkati (to gush, spout)[6] (+ *-kati) (see there for further descendants)
      • >? Latvian: bļaût (to bleat) (possibly[7], though disputed[8], perhaps from *bʰleh₁- (to bleat))
      • >? Lithuanian: bliáuti (to bleat, weep) (see above)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *pʰlūō
      • Ancient Greek: φλύω (phlúō, to be full of juice; to thrive (of plants); to vomit)[8]
  • *bʰluH-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)[10]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blūˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic: *blyjati (to spring (continuously)) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *flūō[10]
      • Latin: fluō (to flow, to pour) (or < *fluwō < *ɸlowō < *bʰléwH-ti ~ *bʰluH-énti[4][11]) (see there for further descendants)

References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhleu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 158
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page *bhleu-
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰleu̯H-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 91
  4. 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fluō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bļьvàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 46
  6. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bľuxati/*bľukati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 135
  7. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “bliauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φλύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1582
  9. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φλευ-C”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1577
  10. 10.0 10.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535
  11. ^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fluō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots[1] (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 430-432