Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/selp-

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

*selp-^[1]^[2]^[3]

fat, oil

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *selp- (3 c, 0 e)

*solp-éh₂
- Proto-Germanic: *salbō (see there for further descendants)
?*sólp-r̥, or irregularly *sélp-os ~ *sélp-es-
- Italic:
  - Latin: sulpur, sulphur
*sélp-os ~ *sélp-es-
- Albanian:
  - Proto-Albanian: *selpa (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: (perhaps) ἔλπος (élpos)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sarpíš
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sarpíṣ
    - Sanskrit: सर्पिस् (sarpís)
- Proto-Tocharian: *ṣälype
  - Tocharian A: ṣälyp
  - Tocharian B: ṣalype^[4]
*sl̥p-rós
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sr̥prás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sr̥prás
    - Sanskrit: सृप्र (sṛprá)
Unsorted formations:
- Indo-Iranian:
  - Iranian:
    - Middle Persian: clp (čarb)
    - Parthian: 𐫝𐫡𐫁 (crb /⁠čarb⁠/, “smooth, mild”)
    - Pashto: څورب (śorb)
    - Baluchi: [script needed] (čarp, “fat”)
    - Central Kurdish: چەور (çewr, “fat”)
    - Ossetian: царв (carv)

References

^ Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*selp-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 612-613
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “sarpís-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 710-711
^ Victor Mair (2022 June 22) “Tocharian words for oil”, in Language Log‎^[3], retrieved 2022-06-22

[1] Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) “*selp-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 612-613

[2] Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[3] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “sarpís-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 710-711

[txb-4] Victor Mair (2022 June 22) “Tocharian words for oil”, in Language Log‎^[3], retrieved 2022-06-22

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