Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʷelbʰ-

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

Root

*gʷelbʰ-

the womb

Derived terms

*gʷélbʰ-us ~ *gʷl̥bʰ-éws
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: δελφύς f (delphús, “womb”)^[1]
    - ⇒ Ancient Greek: ἀδελφεός (adelpheós)^[2]
    - ⇒ Ancient Greek: δελφίς (delphís)^[3]
    - ⇒ Ancient Greek: Δελφοί (Delphoí)^[4]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gr̥bʰuš
  - Proto-Iranian: *gr̥buš
    - Avestan: 𐬔𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬠𐬎𐬱 n (gər^əbuš, “young animal”)
*gʷólbʰ-o-s^[5]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: δολφός (dolphós)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gárbʰas^[6]^[7] (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

Proto-Germanic: *hwelpaz^[8]^[9]

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δελφύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀδελφεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δελφίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 313-314
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “Δελφοί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “gárbha-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 474-475
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gárbha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “gárbha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*xwelpaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 615

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δελφύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314

[2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀδελφεός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 20

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “δελφίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 313-314

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “Δελφοί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 314

[5] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “gárbha-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 474-475

[6] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gárbha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[7] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “gárbha-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

[HGE-8] Vladimir Orel (2003), “*xwelpaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200

[9] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 615

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