Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swe-

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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 *swé (self).

Prefix

*swe-

  1. self

Derived terms

Category Proto-Indo-European terms prefixed with *swe- not found

Descendants

  • Proto-Celtic: *swe-
  • Proto-Germanic: *se- (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *swa-
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: sē- (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 882
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*swe- ‘self, own’”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 361
  4. ^ Sims-Williams, Nicholas ((Can we date this quote?)) Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan (Studies in the Khalili Collection III, Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum II), Oxford: Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, page 231