Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pes-

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

*pes-[1][2][3]

  1. penis

Derived terms edit

  • *pés-os ~ *pés-es-os
    • Proto-Hellenic: *péhos
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pásas
  • *pés-ō ~ *ps-n-és
    • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Proto-Italic: *peznis (< *pésn-i-s ~ *psn̥-yé-s)
      • Latin: pēnis (see there for further descendants)
  • *pós-l̥ ~ *pés-n̥s
    • Proto-Germanic: *faslaz (brood, offspring, progeny)
      • Proto-Germanic: *fasl
        • Old English: fæsl (offspring, progeny)
        • Old High German: fasal (offspring)
          • Middle High German: vasel (breeding animal)
      • Old Norse: fösull

References edit

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέος”, 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 1173
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pēnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
  3. ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “*pešan- / pešn- / pišen-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 775