Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂élis-

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

  • *h₂éls-

Etymology edit

Likely a substrate term,[1][2] especially given the irregular variations in the Balto-Slavic anlaut[3][4] and in the suffix.[5][6] Note the complementary distribution with synonymous *wern-, which might therefore have been the native PIE term.

Noun edit

*h₂élis- f[7]

  1. alder
    Synonym: *wern-

Inflection edit

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 40
  2. 2.0 2.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄλιζα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 67–68
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Derksen, Rick (2015) “alksnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 50–51
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 83 of 75–102:PSl. *olьxa ‘alder’ […]
  5. 5.0 5.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “alnus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 34–35:*alsno-
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*alis/z-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 22
  7. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 158:*hₐéliso-
  8. ^ Puhvel, Jaan (1984) Hittite Etymological Dictionary (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 1), volume I, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam: Mouton, pages 29–30