Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kret-

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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

Root

*kret-

  1. insight, intelligence
  2. strength

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kret-‎ (10 c, 0 e)
  • *krét-u-s ~ *kr̥t-éw-s
    • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *krátuš (see there for further descendants)
  • *krét-os ~ *kr̥t-és-os
  • *kort-ús (o-grade possibly explained via Schwebeablaut)
    • Proto-Germanic: *harduz (see there for further descendants)
  • *krét-yōs
  • *kr̥t-(t)eros

References

  1. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2004) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, first edition, Oxford: Blackwell
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hardu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211: “*kort-ú-”
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