Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wet-

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

Root

*wet-

1. year
2. year-old

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wet-‎ (18 c, 0 e)

• *wét-s
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Hittite: 𒈬𒍝 (MU-za /⁠witta⁠/, “year”)
    • Lycian: [script needed] (uhe/i-, “year”)
• *wétos (see there for further descendants)
• *wetostos
  • Proto-Italic: *wetostos
    • Latin: vetustus
• *wet-só-s
  • Proto-Anatolian:
    • Luwian:

      Cuneiform script: 𒈬𒅖 (MU-iš /⁠uššiš⁠/)

      Anatolian Hieroglyphs script: 𔑺𔓉𔐤 (u-si-na /⁠usin⁠/, acc.sg.)

  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *watsás (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Italic: *wessos (“of the year”), *wessōnā (“lady of the year”)
    • Marsian: uesune
    • Umbrian: 𐌅𐌄𐌔𐌖𐌍𐌄 (vesune)
• *wétrus
  • Proto-Germanic: *weþruz (see there for further descendants)
• *wet-us-o-s
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *wétušas (see there for further descendants)
• *wetelos
  • Proto-Hellenic: *wétalon
    • Ancient Greek: ἔταλον (étalon), ἔτελον (ételon)
  • Proto-Italic: *wetelos
    • Latin: vitulus (see there for further descendants)
    • Umbrian: vitlu
• *pér-ut-i (“last year”) (with *per- (“through”))

Further reading

• Blažek, Václav (2006) “Indoevropský rok (I). Věnováno profesoru Antonínu Bartoňkovi k 80. narozeninám”, in Sborník prací Filosofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, volume 55, number A54, page 43
• Blažek, Václav (2007) “Indoevropský rok (II)”, in Sborník prací Filosofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, volume 56, number A55, page 65