Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂yew-

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

Back-formation from the noun *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéw-, from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force, life”).^[1]

Root

*h₂yew-^[1]

straight, upright, right^[2]
right, justice, law

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂yew- (13 c, 0 e)

*h₂yéw-os ~ *h₂yéw-es-
- Proto-Italic: *jowos
  - Old Latin: ious
    - Latin: iūs (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hyáwš
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hyáwṣ
    - Sanskrit: योस् (yós)
  - Proto-Iranian: *Hyáwš
    - Avestan: 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬱 (yaoš)
*h₂yew-dʰ-os
- Proto-Celtic: *yowdos
  - Proto-Brythonic: *jʉð (see there for further descendants)
*h₂yew-es-tos
- Proto-Italic: *jowestos
  - Latin: iūstus (see there for further descendants)
*h₂yew-es-eh₂-ye-
- Proto-Italic: *jowezāō
  - Latin: iūrō (see there for further descendants)
*h₂yéw-dʰh₁e-ti
- *Hyewdʰ-^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Willi, Andreas (2001) “Lateinisch iubēre, griechisch εὐϑύς und ein indogermanisches Rechtskonzept”, in Historische Sprachforschung (in German), volume 114, number 1. H., →DOI, pages 117–146

[De_Vaan_2008-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[Willi-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Willi, Andreas (2001) “Lateinisch iubēre, griechisch εὐϑύς und ein indogermanisches Rechtskonzept”, in Historische Sprachforschung (in German), volume 114, number 1. H., →DOI, pages 117–146

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