Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-wē

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

Conjunction

*-we ~ *-wē

or

Antonyms

*-kʷe

Derived terms

*(h₁)i-we (“as”)^[1]
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *(H)iwa
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *(H)iwa
    - Sanskrit: इव (iva)
- Proto-Italic: *keiwe (< *ḱe (“here”) + *(h₁)i-we)
  - Latin: ceu
*ne-we ~ *ne-wē^[2]
- Proto-Celtic: *nowe
  - Old Irish: nó, nú
    - Irish: nó
  - Brythonic:
    - Old Breton: nou
    - Old Welsh: neu, nou
      - Middle Welsh: neu
        Welsh: neu, nou
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *náwā
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *náwā
    - Sanskrit: नवा (návā)
  - Proto-Iranian: *náwā
    - Avestan: 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬁 (nauuā)
- Proto-Italic: *nēwe
  - Latin: nēve, neu

Descendants

(possibly) Proto-Germanic: *-u
Proto-Hellenic: *ḗ-we (< *h₁ḗ-we), *ē-wé (< *h₁ē-wé)^[3]
- Ancient Greek: ἤ (ḗ), ἠέ (ēé)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *-wā (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Italic: *-we^[4]
- Latin: -ve
Proto-Tocharian: *wā^[5]
- Tocharian A: pat
- Tocharian B: wat

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ceu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 403-404
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἤ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-ve”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 656-657
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “wa1”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ceu”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “nē”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 403-404

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἤ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 507

[4] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “-ve”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 656-657

[5] Adams, Douglas Q. (1999) “wa1”, in A dictionary of Tocharian B (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN

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