Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sep-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *seh₁p-

Reconstruction

Kroonen explains the a in Latin, and perhaps Germanic, as a "schwa secundum": an epenthetic vowel arising in the zero grade *sp-. De Vaan assumes a laryngeal origin instead, and posits zero-grade *sHp-, while noting that the full grade was likely *seh₁p- based on a long vowel *sēp- found in Sabellic.

Root

*sep-

1. to taste, to try out

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sep- (2 c, 0 e)

• *s(ə)p-yé-ti or *sh₁p-yé-ti or *sop-yé-ti (ye-present)
  • Proto-Italic: *sapjō
    • Latin: sapiō (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *sabjaną (see there for further descendants)
• *sh₁p-mo-
  • Old Armenian: համ (ham, “taste”)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Celtic: *saɸeros (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Italic:
  • Oscan: sipus (“knowing”)
    • Volscian: sepu (“knowing”) (ablative singular)
• Proto-Germanic: *sebô