Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵl̥h₂ōws

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

Possibly from a root noun *ǵl̥h₂-.^[1] According to Mallory and Adams (1997), some forms may be influenced by association with unrelated *gl̥h₁éys (“mouse”). Has sometimes been compared with Proto-Turkic *kẹlin and/or Proto-Uralic *kälew.

Alternative reconstructions

*ǵl̥h₃-wos-^[2]
*ǵl̥h₂óws
*ǵélh₂ōws^[3]^[4]

Noun

*ǵl̥h₂ōws f^[3]^[4]

sister-in-law (husband's sister)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Proto-Armenian:
- Old Armenian: տալ (tal) (the expected form *ծալ (*cal) being influenced by տայգր (taygr, “brother-in-law”))
Proto-Hellenic: *galawos (thematised from *ǵl̥h₂-ew-^[4])
- Ancient Greek:
  - Aeolic: γαλόως (galóōs)
  - Attic: γάλως (gálōs)
  - Hesychius: γάλις (gális) (from *ǵl̥h₂-i-s ?^[4])
  - Hesychius: γαλαός (galaós)
- Phrygian: *γελαϝος (*gelawos) > γελαρος (gelaros)
>? Proto-Indo-Iranian: *gr̥Hiš (< *ǵl̥h₂-i-s^[5])
- Sanskrit: गिरि (giri, “husband's sister”) (attestation contested^[6])
Proto-Italic: *glōs (with loss of laryngeal, or possibly from *ǵloh₂-(u-)^[1])
- Latin: glōs
Proto-Slavic: *zъly (< *ǵl̥h₂-u-^[7]) (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “glōs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 521
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “tal”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 595-7: “PIE nominative *ĝ(é)lh₂-ōu-s”
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαλόως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 258-9
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 214
^ Griffiths, A. & Lubotsky, A. (2009). "Two Words for 'sister-in-law'?: Notes on Vedic yātar- and giri-." in Zarathushtra entre l'Inde et l'Iran, pages 115-121
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zъly”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551

[EDL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “glōs”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266

[2] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 521

[Martirosyan-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “tal”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 595-7: “PIE nominative *ĝ(é)lh₂-ōu-s”

[Beekes-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “γαλόως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 258-9

[5] Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 214

[6] Griffiths, A. & Lubotsky, A. (2009). "Two Words for 'sister-in-law'?: Notes on Vedic yātar- and giri-." in Zarathushtra entre l'Inde et l'Iran, pages 115-121

[7] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*zъly”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 551

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