Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sélos

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 a late, southern dialectal variant that is found mostly in East Indo-European languages, namely the Armenian, Greek and Indo-Iranian branches.

Noun

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*sélos n

marsh

Inflection

Athematic, acrostatic
	singular
nominative	*sélos
genitive	*sélesos
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*sélos	*sélesih₁	*sélōs
vocative	*sélos	*sélesih₁	*sélōs
accusative	*sélos	*sélesih₁	*sélōs
genitive	*sélesos	*?	*sélesoHom
ablative	*sélesos	*?	*sélesmos
dative	*sélesey	*?	*sélesmos
locative	séles, sélesi	*?	*sélesu
instrumental	*sélesh₁	*?	*sélesmis

Derived terms

*séles-wn̥t-ih₂ ~ *seles-wn̥t-yéh₂s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *SáraswatiH (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Proto-Armenian: (perhaps)
- Old Armenian: եղտիւր (ełtiwr)
Proto-Hellenic: *hélos
- Ancient Greek: ἕλος (hélos)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sáras (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Germanic:
- German: Saale

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕλος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 415

[2] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253

Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sélos

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