Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁epi

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.

Would be locative case of *h₁eps (from *h₁ep-), which could mean "back", with the "on" sense referring to pack animals or riding.

*h₁epi

1. on, at, near

• *h₁epi-ro-
  • Proto-Celtic: *eɸirom
    • Old Irish: íar

• *h₁op-s
  • Proto-Italic: *obs
    • Latin: obs
• *h₁op-i
  • Proto-Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: ու (u)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *api
    • Lithuanian: ap-
  • Proto-Hellenic: *opí, *opi-^[1]
    • Ancient Greek: ὀπι- (opi-) (in e.g. ὀπίσω (opísō))
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀃𐀠 (o-pi)
  • >? Proto-Italic: *opi
    • Latin: ob, ap(ud)
    • Oscan: 𐌞𐌐 (úp), op^[2]
• *h₁op-i-s
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ὄπισθεν (ópisthen), ὀπίσω (opísō), ἀνόπιν (anópin), κατόπιν (katópin), μετόπιν (metópin)
• *h₁op(i)-tero-
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *after (more likely < *h₂ep(o)-tero-) (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒? *(h₁)p-ó-s
• ⇒? *h₁pey
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pei
    • Proto-Baltic: *pie- (?)
      • Latvian: piedurkne
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Germanic: *ēbanþs (see there for further descendants)

• Albanian:
  • Albanian: mbi (Tosk)
  • Albanian: mby, Albanian: my (Gheg)
• Armenian:
  • Old Armenian: եւ (ew)
    • Armenian: եւ (ew)
• Proto-Germanic: *bi (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic: *epí
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπί (epí)
    • Greek: επί (epí)
  • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀠 (e-pi)^[3]
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hápi (see there for further descendants)

• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 841