Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰedʰ-

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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

Etymology 1

Root

*bʰedʰ-

  1. alternative reconstruction of *bʰedʰh₂- (to pierce, dig, burrow)
Reconstruction notes

*bʰedʰ- could have been the source from which *bʰedʰ-h₂- was derived, as the latter cannot be a primary root given the known PIE root constraints.

Derived terms

See *bʰedʰh₂-: Most descendants listed there can reflect either *bʰedʰ- or *bʰedʰh₂-.

References

  1. ^ Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft ; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2249
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. bhedh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 113-114
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “besti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 88–89

Etymology 2

Root

*bʰedʰ-?

  1. to bend, fold
  2. to press (together), bind; to press down on, oppress
    Synonym: *pres- (press)
    1. to push to limits; to cause trouble, distress
      1. hardship, suffering
  3. ? to bow down, obey
Alternative reconstructions
  • *bʰēdʰ-, *bʰeh₁dʰ- (Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic only)
Reconstruction notes

A root with limited recognition. All descendants have disputed etymologies (see notes below for details), with the Balto-Slavic and Indo-Iranian forming the core of the reconstruction; however, these mostly point either to a lengthened grade *bʰēdʰ- or, since the existence of lengthened grades in PIE is controversial, to a separate root (or stem) *bʰeh₁dʰ-. Cheung notes that the peculiar root vowel could suggest a denominative origin.

Derived terms
  • *bʰḗdʰ-t (to press, root aorist?)
    • ? Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰādʰ-
    • *bʰḗdʰ-e-tor
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰā́dʰatay
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bā́dʰatay
          • Sanskrit: बाधते (bā́dhate, to press, force (away); to oppress, oppose, disturb, cause pain)
    • *bʰēdʰ-eh₂ (*oppressing > adversity)
      • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bḗdāˀ (trouble, misfortune; need; (Baltic) guilt)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰādʰáH (or from *bʰodʰ-éh₂)
  • *bʰ-né-dʰ-ti (nasal-infixed present)
    • ? *bʰendʰ- (to bind, tie) (reanalyzed root)
  • *bʰedʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *bidjaną (to pray, request, bid) (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰedʰ-eh₂
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *bedō (prayer, request) (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰodʰ-o-m
    • Proto-Germanic: *badą (pressure; trouble, distress)
      • Old Norse: *bað n
        • East Danish: bad (damage, destruction, fight)
        • Norwegian: bad (effort, trouble, fear)
        • ? Middle English: badde (evil, bad), bad
      • Proto-Germanic: *badō(ja)ną (to press; to distress, frighten) (or from *bʰodʰ-eh₂-ye-ti) (see there for further descendants)
  • *bʰodʰ-o-s (torment; tormenter)
    • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *badas (lack, hunger, starvation)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *bʰādʰás
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *bādʰás
  • *bʰedʰ-r-(o-m)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bedra
  • *bʰodʰ-yo-m
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *badją (bed) (see there for further descendants)
  • *ǵnu-bʰedʰ- (to bend the knee, kneel (in reverence), pray?)
    • ? Proto-Germanic:
      • Proto-West Germanic:
        • Old English: cnēow-ġebed (prayer on one's knees, literally knee-prayer) (with ġebed)
        • Old Saxon: kneo-beda (prayer on one's knees, literally knee-prayer) (with beda)
      • >? Old Norse: kné-beðr (hassock, literally knee-bed) (with beðr (bed) ⇐ Proto-Germanic *badją)
    • *ǵnu-bʰódʰ-o-s
      • >? Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ȷ́nu-bʰā́dʰas
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Albanian:
      • >? Albanian: bashkr (together)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • >? Lithuanian: bodùs (disgusting), bodė́ti (to despise, be disgusted by)
    • >? Proto-Tocharian:
      • Tocharian A: poto (worship?)
      • Tocharian B: peti (flattery?)
Notes
  1. 1.0 1.1 Or perhaps from the fossilized o-grade *bʰodʰ- which had lengthened in prevocalic positions due to Brugmann's law.
  2. ^ No consensus on etymology: suggested alternatives are *bʰeydʰ- (if the Baltic words are borrowed from Slavic, though Derksen doubts this) and *bʰedʰ(h₂)-.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Alternatively from *gʷʰedʰ- (to ask for, beseech, pray), which, at least in terms of semantics and Indo-European cognates, is more convincing, despite requiring the controversial sound shift *gʷʰ > *b without a clear motivation. Another phonetically problematic etymology assumes back-formation from *bīdaną (to wait). If indeed from *bʰedʰ-, the semantic development could be to bend (to another's will) or to bow, kneel > to ask humbly; compare the potential Tocharian cognates, if the gloss worship is accurate, as well as Albanian bíndem (to bow down, obey).
  4. ^ Alternatively from *bʰedʰ(h₂)- (to pierce), referring to the sharp pains of prolonged hunger.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Synchronically contains the root बाध् (bādh) as if from *bʰēdʰ- above.
  6. ^ Several other etymologies have been proposed but with unconvincing semantics, such as from *bʰedʰ(h₂)- (to dig), which assumes an intermediate meaning dug-out plot as in Proto-Celtic *bedom. For the semantic development to bendbed, compare Latvian gulta (bed) from gult (to bend; to lie down), Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, bed, couch) from κλῑ́νω (klī́nō, to bend, slant, lean), Japanese ふす (fusu, to bend down, lie down in bed), and possibly Sanskrit पर्यङ्क (paryaṅka, bed, couch) if it contains अङ्क (aṅká, bend, curve).
  7. ^ Independent derivatives from the root of *bedō and *bidjaną (see s.v. *bʰedʰ-ye-ti, *bʰedʰ-eh₂), but no related verb meaning to bend the knee is reconstructible, rendering the etymology questionable.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. bhedh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 114
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*badōjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
  3. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “bēda”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, page 117
  4. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “bėdà”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, volume 1, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*bād-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 20–21
  6. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰeh₁dʰ-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 68
  7. 7.0 7.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “badas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
  8. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “bėda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 85:PIE *bhēdʰ-eh₂-
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*bedjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
  10. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀiđjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 45
  11. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1. bhedh-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 113–114
  12. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*ƀađjan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32
  13. ^ Schmitt, Rüdiger (1967) Dichtung und Dichtersprache in indogermanischer Zeit (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →OCLC, § 405, page 199
  14. ^ Calin, Didier (2017) “knee”, in Dictionary of Indo-European Poetic and Religious Themes (Linguistique; 3), Les Cent Chemins, →ISBN, page 134:to bow/bend the knees (to pray)