Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péyh₂tu

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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

From *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”) +‎ *-tu.

Noun

*péyh₂tu n[1][2]

  1. something fattening, nourishing

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *péyh₂tu
genitive *pih₂téws
singular dual plural
nominative *péyh₂tu *péyh₂twih₁ *péyh₂tuh₂
vocative *péyh₂tu *péyh₂twih₁ *péyh₂tuh₂
accusative *péyh₂tu *péyh₂twih₁ *péyh₂tuh₂
genitive *pih₂téws *? *pih₂téwoHom
ablative *pih₂téws *? *pih₂túmos, *pih₂túbʰos
dative *pih₂téwey *? *pih₂túmos, *pih₂túbʰos
locative *pih₂téw, *pih₂téwi *? *pih₂túsu
instrumental *pih₂túh₁ *? *pih₂túmis, *pih₂túbʰis

Reconstruction notes

Laryngeal loss attributed to CHCC > CCC.

Derived terms

  • *péyh₂tw-eh₂
    • >? Proto-Iranian: *páyθwaHkah
  • *pih₂tw-ó-s
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pitwás
      • Proto-Iranian: *piθwáh (“fat, tallow; food”) (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *péiˀtu
    • Lithuanian: piẽtūs pl (“dinner”)
    • Proto-Slavic: *piťa (“food”) (see there for further descendants)
      • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *pitati (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸeitu[4]
    • Old Irish: íath (“land, territory”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *ɸitu (“grain”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *piHtú (“fat, tallow; food”) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “pei̯(ə)- pī̆- ,”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 793
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 139
  3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*faj(j)a-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 124: “*peih₂-tuo-”
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*fētu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
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