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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)poH(y)-

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

De Vaan and Lubotsky suggest that this may be derived from a y-extension of *speh₁- (“to be filled to the brim”).[1]

Root

*(s)poH(y)-[2]

  1. foam

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)poH(y)-‎ (8 c, 0 e)
  • *(s)poHy-m-os
    • Proto-Germanic: *faimaz m or n (see there for further descendants)
    • Italic:
      • Latin: spūma f (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)póHy-nh₂-os, *(s)pHóy-nh₂-os (metathesized variant)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *pʰáynas
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pʰáynas
        • Sanskrit: फेन m or n (phéna) (see there for further descendants)
  • *(s)póHy-neh₂
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Italic:
      • Latin: pūmex (“pumice”) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011). "The origin of Sanskrit roots of the type sīv- 'to sew', dīv- 'to play dice', with an appendix on Vedic i-perfects." In: Stephanie W. Jamison, H. Craig Melchert, and Brent Vine (eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, 105-126. Bremen: Hempen.
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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