Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁eyH-

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

*h₁eyH-[1]

  1. ice, frost
    Synonym: *h₁eyg-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eyH- (6 c, 0 e)
  • *h₁eyH-k-[2]
    • *h₁eykH-o- (possibly, by laryngeal metathesis)
      • >? Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HikHa
        • >? Proto-Iranian: *Hixa
          • >? Avestan: 𐬀𐬉𐬑𐬀 (aēxa)
          • >? Ossetian: их (ix)
  • *h₁eyH-n-[3]
    • *h₁iHn̥-yós (hoarfrost, rime)[3][4]
      • (possibly) Armenian:
        • Old Armenian: եղեամն (ełeamn) (+ -ամն (-amn), cf. սառամանիք (saṙamanikʻ) < սառն (saṙn, ice)[4])
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *iˀnios, *iˀnio[5]
  • *h₁eyH-s-[3][1][2]
    • *h₁éyHs-o-m[2]
      • Proto-Germanic: *īsą (ice) (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₁iHs-ú-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *HiHsúš
        • Proto-Iranian: *HiHsúš (coldness)
          • Avestan: 𐬌𐬯𐬎 (isu)
          • Middle Persian: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾys /⁠*ēs, *īs⁠/)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 126
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*īsa-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 271
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pokorny, Julius (1959), “2. ei-s-, ei-n-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 301
  4. 4.0 4.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 252
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “ynis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 202
  6. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jь̀nьjь; *jь̀nьje”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 213