Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁op-
Proto-Indo-European
editRoot
edit*h₁op-[1]
- to desire
Reconstruction notes
editAccording to Mallory and Adams, this word may be an intensive derived from *h₁ep-.
Descendants
edit- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ōp-
- Proto-Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: ἐπιόψομαι (epiópsomai)
- Proto-Italic:
- Latin: optō
- >? Proto-Tocharian: (more likely an Iranian loanword)[2]
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) “781”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 781