Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eh₁ter-
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Proto-Indo-European
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *h₂eh₁- (“to be hot, warm, dry”) + *-tēr (agentive nominal suffix).
The root is found functionally in Palaic 𒄩𒀀 (ḫa-a /ḫā/, “to be hot”)[1] and with another derivative in Proto-Celtic *ā-ti- f (“drying kiln”).[2] More at *h₂eHs-.
Noun
[edit]*h₂eh₁ter-
- fire
- Synonyms: *h₁n̥gʷnís, *péh₂wr̥
Reconstructions
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]- The original gender of the noun is unreconstructible. It may have been either masculine/feminine *h₂éh₁tēr or neuter *h₂éh₁tr̥, or both may have existed in semantic opposition (compare the near-synonyms *h₁n̥gʷnís m and *péh₂wr̥ n).
Derived terms
[edit]- Albanian: vatër, votër (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Armenian:
- Proto-Italic: *ātros
- Indo-Iranian: *HáHtr̥š (“fire”)
See also
[edit]- *h₂eHs- (“to be/become dry, to burn, to glow, hearth, ashes”)
- *h₂eh₃- (“to be hot, to burn”)
- *h₁engʷ- (“to burn, fire”)
- *h₁ews- (“to burn”)
References
[edit]- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*h₂eh₁-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 257
- ^ Zair, Nicholas (2012) The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Celtic, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 25
- ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (1995) “Tocharian A āṣtär, B astare ‘clean, pure’ and PIE *h₂ehₓ(s)- ‘burn’”, in W. Smoczyński, editor, Kuryłowicz Memorial Volume. Part One, Krakow: Universitas, page 209 of 207–211
- ^ Irslinger, Britta Sofie (2002) Abstrakta mit Dentalsuffixen im Altirischen [Abstracts with Dental Suffixes in Old Irish] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, pages 198, 214