Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/srew-

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

    According to one theory, derived from Proto-Indo-European *ser-, whence also Latin serum.[1][2]

    Root

    *srew-[3][4]

    1. to flow, stream

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *srew- (34 c, 0 e)
    • *sréw-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • *srow-éye-ti (causative)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srāwáyati
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srāwáyati
          • Sanskrit: स्रा॒वय॑ति (srāváyati)
    • *sréw-mn̥ n (stream, proterokinetic men-stem)[4][5][6][7]
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hréumə
        • Ancient Greek: ῥεῦμα (rheûma) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Celtic: *srouman[8] (see there for further descendants)
    • *sre/ow-t(-)es-[4]
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sráwtas (see there for further descendants)
    • *sréw-ti-s ~ *sru-téy-s[4]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *srū́ˀtei (with irregular acute) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hréutis, *hrútis
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srutíš
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srutíṣ
    • *srow-m-eh₂
      • Proto-Albanian: *srūmā
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sraumā́ˀ
        • Latvian: stràuma[4]
    • *srow-mo-s
      • Proto-Germanic: *straumaz[4] (see there for further descendants)
    • *srow-men-
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sraumen
        • Proto-Slavic: *strumy (see there for further descendants)
      • Thracian:
    • *srow-éh₂[4]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *srawā́ˀ
        • Latvian: strava, stràvа, strāva
        • Lithuanian: sravà
          • Lithuanian: prasrava
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hrowā́
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srawáH
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *srawáH
          • Sanskrit: गिरिस्रवा (girisravā)
    • *srów-o-s[4]
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sráwas
        • Proto-Slavic: *strovъ
          • Proto-Slavic: *ostrovъ (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hrówos
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srā́vas
    • *srow-to-s
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • *srow-yeh₂
      • >? Proto-Armenian: (or from *sréw-ti- above)
        • Old Armenian: առու (aṙu) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sraujā́ˀ (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hroyyā́
    • *sru-tó-s[4]
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hrutós
        • Ancient Greek: ῥυτός (rhutós)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srutás
      • *sru-tó-m
        • Proto-Celtic: *srutom (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Hellenic: *hrutón
          • >? Ancient Greek: ῥυτόν (rhutón)
        • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *srutám
    • ? *sru-dʰmó-s[9]
      • Proto-Hellenic: *hrutʰmós
        • Ancient Greek: ῥυθμός (rhuthmós) (see there for further descendants)
    • *srew-edʰrom
    Unsorted formations
    • Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: գետ-առ (get-aṙ) (see there for further descendants)
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: strāve (a flow, current)
      • Lithuanian: srovė, strovė̃[10]
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Latvian: stràume
      • Lithuanian: sraumuõ (a stream)[10], straumuo, sriaumė
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: sravėti (to flow)

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:

    References

    1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Strom”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
    2. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*sreṷ-”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 207
    3. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*sreu̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 588
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*sreu̯-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 630–634
    5. ^ Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010), Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 67
    6. ^ Yates, Anthony (2022), “A new prosodic reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European *-mon-stems”, in Indo-European Linguistics, volume 10, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 233 of 214–288
    7. ^ Hyllested, Adam; Cohen, Paul S. (2007), “Monophthong for expected υ-diphthong in Greek”, in Greek and Latin from an Indo-European Perspective (Cambridge Classical Journal Supplements)‎[1], volume 32, Cambridge Philological Society, →DOI, page 17
    8. ^ K. McCone, D. McManus, C. Ó Háinle, N. Williams, L. Breatnach, editors (1994), Stair na Gaeilge: in ómós do P[h]ádraig Ó Fiannachta (in Irish), Maynooth: Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge, Coláiste Phádraig, →ISBN, page 110
    9. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ῥυθμός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1293
    10. 10.0 10.1 sraumuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026

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