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][2]

  1. self

Derived terms

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

Descendants

  • Proto-Celtic: *swe-[3]
  • 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 [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (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
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