Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wiḱpótis

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

Etymology edit

From *weyḱ- (“village, household”) +‎ *pótis (“master”).

Noun edit

*wiḱpótis m^[1]^[2]^[3]

Inflection edit

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*wiḱpótis
genitive	*wiḱpétis
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*wiḱpótis	*wiḱpótih₁(e)	*wiḱpóteyes
vocative	*wiḱpóti	*wiḱpótih₁(e)	*wiḱpóteyes
accusative	*wiḱpótim	*wiḱpótih₁(e)	*wiḱpótims
genitive	*wiḱpétis	*?	*wiḱpétyoHom
ablative	*wiḱpétis	*?	*wiḱpétimos
dative	*wiḱpétyey	*?	*wiḱpétimos
locative	*wiḱpéti	*?	*wiḱpétisu
instrumental	*wiḱpétih₁	*?	*wiḱpétimis

Derived terms edit

*wiḱ-pót-nih₂^[4]
- Proto-Albanian: *w(i)tspátnjā
  - Proto-Albanian: *dzwāptnjā
    - Proto-Albanian: *džotnja
      - Albanian: zonjë (“lady”)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *w(e)iśpatnīˀ^[5]
  - Lithuanian: viēšpati (“queen, mistress, lady”)
  - Old Prussian: waispattin (“mistress of a house”)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wićpátniH
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiśpátniH
    - Sanskrit: विश्पत्नी (viśpátnī)

Descendants edit

Proto-Albanian: *w(i)tspáti^[4]
- Proto-Albanian: *dzwāpt
  - Albanian: zota
    - Albanian: zot (“lord”)
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *w(e)iśpatis^[6]
- Lithuanian: viēšpats (“god”)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wićpátiš
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wiśpátiṣ
  - Sanskrit: विश्पति (viśpáti, “chief of a settlement or tribe”)
- Proto-Iranian: *wicpátiš
  - Avestan: 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīspaⁱti, “master of borough, clan-chief, household-chief”)
  - Old Persian: 𐎻𐎰𐎳𐎫 (*viθfáti)
    - Middle Persian: [script needed] (wyspt' /⁠wisbed⁠/, “clan-chief, village headman”)
    - Manichaean Middle Persian: [script needed] (wysbyd /⁠wisbed⁠/, “village headman”)
      - > (right loanword) Persian: ویسبذ (visbaz, “a class of rulers in ancient Iran”)
Proto-Tocharian:
- Tocharian A: wikpots (“master of the clan”)

References edit

^ Mallory, James Patrick (1989) In Search of the Indo-Europeans, Thames and Hudson, →ISBN, page 124
^ Anthony, David (2007) The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 92
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 268
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “viēšpati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502
^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “viēšpats”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

[R:ISotIE-1] Mallory, James Patrick (1989) In Search of the Indo-Europeans, Thames and Hudson, →ISBN, page 124

[R:THtWaLHBARftESStMW-2] Anthony, David (2007) The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 92

[R:TOitPIEatPIEw-3] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 268

[Orel-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN

[5] Derksen, Rick (2015) “viēšpati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

[6] Derksen, Rick (2015) “viēšpats”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 502

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