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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁epi

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

Would be locative case of *h₁eps (from *h₁ep-), which could mean "back", with the "on" sense referring to pack animals or riding.

Adverb

*h₁epi

  1. on, at, near

Derived terms

  • *h₁epi-ro-
    • Proto-Celtic: *eɸirom
  • *h₁op-s
    • Proto-Italic: *obs
  • *h₁op-i
    • Proto-Armenian:
      • Old Armenian: ու (u)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *api
      • Lithuanian: ap-
    • Proto-Hellenic: *opí, *opi-[1]
      • Ancient Greek: ὀπι- (opi-) (in e.g. ὀπίσω (opísō))
      • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀃𐀠 (o-pi)
    • >? Proto-Italic: *opi
  • *h₁op-i-s
  • *h₁op(i)-tero-
  • ? *(h₁)p-ó-s
  • ? *h₁pey
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *pei
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Germanic: *ēbanþs (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

  • Albanian:
    • Albanian: mbi (Tosk)
    • Albanian: mby, Albanian: my (Gheg)
  • Armenian:
    • Old Armenian: եւ (ew)
  • Proto-Germanic: *bi (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *epí
    • Ancient Greek: ἐπί (epí)
    • Mycenaean Greek: 𐀁𐀠 (e-pi)[3]
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hápi (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

References

  1. John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach (1963) “The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 41, number 3/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 227-8 of 157–271:ὀπι-
  2. Buck, Carl (1904) A grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, Ginn & Co, page 208
  3. John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach (1963) “The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary”, in Glotta : Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache, volume 41, number 3/4, Göttingen, Germany: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (GmbH & Co. KG), →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 192 of 157–271:ἐπί
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