Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/tpelH-

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

    *tpelH-[1]

    1. fortification, city

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tpelH- (19 c, 0 e)
    • *tpólH-i-s
      • Proto-Hellenic: *ptólis
    • *tpl̥H-i-s
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pilis[3]
    • *tpĺ̥H-s
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pŕ̥Hs[2]
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pŕ̥Hs

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πόλις”, 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 1220
    2. 2.0 2.1 Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “púr-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
    3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “pilis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356