Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sélos

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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Etymology

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From a late, southern dialectal variant that is found mostly in East Indo-European languages, namely the Armenian, Greek and Indo-Iranian branches.

Noun

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*sélos n (oblique stem *séles-)[1][2]

  1. marsh

Inflection

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Athematic, acrostatic
singular
nominative *sélos
genitive *sélesos
singular dual plural
nominative *sélos *sélesih₁ *sélōs
vocative *sélos *sélesih₁ *sélōs
accusative *sélos *sélesih₁ *sélōs
genitive *sélesos *? *sélesoHom
ablative *sélesos *? *sélesmos, *sélesbʰos
dative *sélesey *? *sélesmos, *sélesbʰos
locative *séles, *sélesi *? *sélesu
instrumental *sélesh₁ *? *sélesmis, *sélesbʰis

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Proto-Armenian: (perhaps)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *hélos
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sáras (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic:

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253