Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂elut-

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

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Reconstruction

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Reflex of initial laryngeal can be seen in Proto-Finnic *kalja.

Etymology

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According to some the original meaning was "a bitter drink" and is related to Latin alūmen (alum) and Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, bitter, pungent).[1]

Another theory is that it is connected to Proto-Norse ᚨᛚᚢ (alu, something magical), and related to Latvian aluot (be distraught), Ancient Greek ἀλύω (alúō, to be distraught) and Hittite [script needed] (alwanzaḫḫ-, to bewitch, hex).[2] EIEC explains the semantic connection as: The notion would be that beer induced a "high" wherein the drinker was infused with a sort of magical power.

The most recent theory is that it is related to Sanskrit अरुष (aruṣá, reddish) and Avestan 𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬱𐬀 (auruša, bright, white), from which Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harušás can be reconstructed from the two languages.[3]

Noun

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*h₂elut-

  1. beer

Inflection

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(perhaps)

Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *h₂ólut
genitive *h₂éluts
singular dual plural
nominative *h₂ólut
vocative *h₂ólut
accusative *h₂ólut
genitive *h₂éluts
ablative *h₂éluts
dative *h₂élutey
locative *h₂élut, *h₂éluti
instrumental *h₂éluth₁

Acrostatic inflection would fit the Germanic oblique stem

Descendants

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References

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  • Guus Kroonen (2013) “*aluþ-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 23–4
  • Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 60
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awɫi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 29, 154
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) “ælūton | ilæton, aluton”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 129
Notes
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 33–4
  2. ^ Edgar C. Polomé, “Beer, Runes and Magic”, Journal of Indo-European Studies 24 (1996): 99–105.
  3. ^ Harald Bjorvand, “The Etymology of English ale”, Journal of Indo-European Studies 35 (2007): 1–8.