Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/syewh₁-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *syewH-
• *syuH-, *syuh₁-

Root

*syewh₁-

1. to sew

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *syuh₁- (11 c, 0 e)

• *syuh₁-ti (root present)
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sjū́ˀtei
    • Latvian: šũt
    • Lithuanian: siū́ti
    • Proto-Slavic: *šìti (see there for further descendants)
• *syewh₁-e-ti (thematic present)
  • Proto-Italic: *sūō
    • Latin: suō (compare the development of spuō)
• *syúh₁-ye-ti (ye-present)
  • *sih₁w-ye-ti (by metathesis)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *síHwyati
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *síHwyati
        • Sanskrit: सीव्यति (sīvyati) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Ossetian: хуийын (xwijyn)
  • Proto-Germanic: *siwjaną (see there for further descendants)
• *syuh₁-mḗn or *syuh₁-mō
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *syúHmā
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *syúHmā
      • Sanskrit: स्यूमन् (syūman), स्यूम (syūma)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ῠ̔μήν (humḗn), Ῡ̔μήν (Hūmḗn) (see there for further descendants)
• *syuh₁-tós
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *sjūˀtas
    • Proto-Slavic: *šitъ
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *syuHtás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *syuHtás
      • Sanskrit: स्यूत (syūta)
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: sūtus
• *syuh₁-s
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Sanskrit: स्यू (syū)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Sanskrit: सूत्र (sūtra) (see there for further descendants)
  • Sanskrit: सूना (sūnā)
  • Sanskrit: सूचि (sūci), सूची (sūcī), सूक्ष्म (sūkṣma) and Persian: سوزن (either from this root or *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”))
  • Ancient Greek: κασσύω (kassúō) (or Pre-Greek)

References

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “545”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN