User:Victar/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)téh₂it

This 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

Etymology

Possibly from *(s)teh₂- (“to stand (up), rise”) + food-stuffs or grain stuffix *-i(t), compare *h₂élbʰit (“barley”), *mélit (“honey”), *sépit (“wheat”) (whence Hittite 𒊺𒅁𒁉𒀉 (še-ep-pí-it /⁠šeppit⁠/)).

Noun

*(s)téh₂it n

1. dough
2. yeast, leaven

Inflection

Athematic, amphikinetic
	singular
nominative	*(s)téh₂it
genitive	*(s)th₂ités
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*(s)téh₂it	*(s)téh₂itih₁	*(s)téh₂ith₂
vocative	*(s)téh₂it	*(s)téh₂itih₁	*(s)téh₂ith₂
accusative	*(s)téh₂it	*(s)téh₂itih₁	*(s)téh₂ith₂
genitive	*(s)th₂ités	*?	*(s)th₂itóHom
ablative	*(s)th₂ités	*?	*(s)th₂itmós
dative	*(s)th₂itéy	*?	*(s)th₂itmós
locative	*(s)téh₂it, *(s)téh₂iti	*?	*(s)th₂itsú
instrumental	*(s)th₂itéh₁	*?	*(s)th₂itmís

Alternative reconstructions

• *(s)teh₂ist
• *(s)téh₂i ~ *(s)th₂ités

Derived terms

• *(s)téh₂it-s
  • Proto-Hellenic: *stā́its
    • Ancient Greek: σταῖς (staîs), σταίς (staís) ~ σταιτός (staitós, “wheat flour made into dough”) (see there for further descendants)
• *(s)téh₂it-s-mō ~ *th₂it-s-m̥nés
  • Proto-Germanic: *þaisimô
    • Proto-West Germanic: *þaisimō (“yeast, leaven”) (see there for further descendants)
• *(s)teh₂it-s-to-s (“dough”)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *tā́iˀstas
    • Proto-Slavic: *tě̑sto n
    • (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *taissos (see there for further descendants)