Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁eh₁t-

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 onomatopoeic, compare *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”).

Root

*h₁eh₁t-

to breathe
breath

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eh₁t- (4 c, 0 e)

*h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath; spirit”)^[1]^[2]^[3]
*h₁éh₁t-r̥ ~ *h₁h₁t-éns (“lung, internal organ”)^[4]^[5]
- Proto-Germanic: *ēþrǭ (“vein”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἦτορ (êtor, “heart”)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Celtic: *atākos^[1]
  - Old Irish: athach (“breath; blowing, wind”)
- Proto-Germanic: *ēþmaz (see there for further descendants)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*ēt-mén-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 345
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₁eh₁tmén-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 187, 189, 190
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ēþman- ~ *ēdman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 119-120
^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₁eh₁tr-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 185, 187, 190
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ēþrō- - *ēdrō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120

[IEW-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “*ēt-mén-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 345

[2] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₁eh₁tmén-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 187, 189, 190

[3] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ēþman- ~ *ēdman-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 119-120

[4] Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) “*h₁eh₁tr-”, in The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, pages 185, 187, 190

[5] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*ēþrō- - *ēdrō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 120

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