Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sewH-

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

Perhaps an extension of *sew- (“to pour; squeeze”).

Root

*sewh₁- or *sewh₃-^[1]

to bear (a child)
to give birth

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sewH- (6 c, 0 e)

*séwH-tor ~ *séwH-n̥tor (root present)^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *súHtay
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *súHtay
    - Sanskrit: सूते (sū́te)
  - Proto-Iranian: *húHtay
    - Khotanese: ahvyāña- (“not produced, eternal”) (+ neg. *a-)^[6]
*su-né-H-ti ~ *su-n-H-énti (nasal-infix present)^[2]^[3]^[7]
- Anatolian:
  - Luwian: 𒋗𒈾𒀜𒊒𒉿𒀭𒋾𒅔 (šu-na-at-ru-u̯a-an-ti-in /⁠šunatruu̯antin⁠/, “rich in outpourings”, acc.sg.c.)
  - Hittite: 𒋗𒌦𒈾𒄿 (šu-un-na-i /⁠šunnai⁠/, “fills”, 3sg.pres.act.)
  - Palaic: 𒋗𒌑𒈾𒀜 (šu-ú-na-at /⁠šūnat⁠/, 3sg.pres.act.)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sunáHti
  - Proto-Iranian: *hunáHti^[4]
    - Younger Avestan: 𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬌 (hunāmi), 𐬵𐬎𐬥𐬁𐬵𐬌 (hunāhi, “give birth, beget”)
*se-sówH- ~ *se-suH- (reduplicated perfect)^[2]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *sasúHwa
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sasúHwa
    - Sanskrit: ससूव (sasū́va)
>? *súH-s (“sow > pig”)
*séwH-tus^[8]
- Proto-Celtic: *sutus
  - Old Irish: suth
*sowHus or *sowHows^[9]
- Proto-Anatolian: *sóʔus or *sóʔaus
  - Hittite: 𒋗𒌋𒍑 (šu-u-uš /⁠sós/, /sɔ́ʔus⁠/, “full”, nom.sg.c.)
*suHnús
*súHs
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: सू (sū)
*suH-tós
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *suHtás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *suHtás
    - Sanskrit: सूत (sūtá)
  - Proto-Iranian: *huHtáh (perfect participle)
    - Middle Persian:
      Book Pahlavi: to bear daevic offspring (wšwtn' /⁠wišūdan⁠/) (+ *wi-)
    - ⇒ (perhaps) Iranian: *frahuHtáh (“child, offspring”)
      - Bakhtiari: [script needed] (rūd, “child”)
      - Luri:
        rū(d)
      - Persian: رود (rôd, “child”)
      - Kurdish:
        Central Kurdish: ڕۆڵە (rolle, “child”)
      - Kumzari: [script needed] (rōr, “child”)
*suHyús

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 913-914
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*seu̯H-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 538
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*hauH²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*³hau- : hu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 381–382
^ Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 215
^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 15a
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šunna-ⁱ / šunn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 905-907
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sutu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 359-360
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šūu- / šūu̯au̯-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 916-917

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 913-914

[LIV-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?*seu̯H-¹”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 538

[Cheung-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*hauH²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135

[ESIJa-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2007) “*³hau- : hu-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 381–382

[5] Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 215

[6] Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 15a

[7] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šunna-ⁱ / šunn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 905-907

[8] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*sutu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 359-360

[9] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šūu- / šūu̯au̯-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 916-917

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