Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁eh₁t-

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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

Possibly onomatopoeic, compare *h₂enh₁- (to breathe).

Root

*h₁eh₁t-

  1. to breathe
  2. breath

Derived terms

  • *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (breath; spirit)[1][2][3]
    • Proto-Germanic: *ēþmô (breath, spirit) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HáHtmā (breath; soul, self) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Tocharian: *āñcäme (wish, self, soul) (conflation with PIE *h₂enh₁mos (breath)[4])
  • *h₁éh₁t-r̥ ~ *h₁h₁t-éns (lung, internal organ)[5][6]
    • Proto-Germanic: *ēþrǭ (vein) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Hellenic:
      • Ancient Greek: ἦτορ (êtor, heart)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Celtic: *atākos[1]
      • Old Irish: athach (breath; blowing, wind)
    • Proto-Germanic: *ēþmaz (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*ēt-mén-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 345
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₁eh₁tmén-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 187, 189, 190
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ēþman- ~ *ēdman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 119-120
  4. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āñcäm”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
  5. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₁eh₁tr-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 185, 187, 190
  6. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ēþrō- - *ēdrō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120