Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/krows-

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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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Possibly an extended form of *krew(H)- as found in Proto-Germanic *hrewwaną (“to be/make sad, regret, rue”) and Proto-Tocharian *krun- (“to strike, hit”). Ancient Greek κρούω (kroúō) may reflect either root.

Root

*krows-

  1. to push, bump, strike, break

Derived terms

  • *krows-éye-ti (causative)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *kraušī́ˀtei (“to strike, smash, crush”, literally “to cause to collapse?”) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒? Proto-Hellenic: *króuhō (o-grade root back-formed from the causative, or perhaps from static *(ke-)króws-e)
      • >? Ancient Greek: κρούω (kroúō, “to strike, stamp, knock”)
  • *krus-eh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *krušā́ˀ (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • >? Proto-Germanic: *hreusaną (“to fall, collapse; to shudder?”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*kreu̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 371
  2. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kärn-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 173-174
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krъxà; *krъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 253
  4. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kärn-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 173-174
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κρούω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 785–786: “IE *krou(s)-”
  6. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*xreusanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 186
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