Reconstruction talk:Proto-Indo-European/seh₁-
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Shouldn't be σῖτος ("grain") listed among descendants? It lacks any ethymology (actually I have no idea what are the ethymology chains here based on...) Slamazzar (talk) 20:04, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
- Where does the i in the Greek term come from, then? There's no i in this root. —CodeCat 20:40, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
- Also, initial σ before a vowel doesn't come from PIE *s (which becomes h in Greek), but instead comes from *tw. I don't know if σῖτος has a PIE etymon (etymonline says it's "of unknown origin"), but if so, it would have to be something like *twiHtos. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 20:45, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
- Beekes and Kloekhorst give the possible etymology of *tih₂-tós (“threshed”), from *tyeh₂- (“to beat, hit”) with only Greek and Hittite evidence, but neither of them are completely sold with this etymology. —JohnC5 22:50, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
- Also, initial σ before a vowel doesn't come from PIE *s (which becomes h in Greek), but instead comes from *tw. I don't know if σῖτος has a PIE etymon (etymonline says it's "of unknown origin"), but if so, it would have to be something like *twiHtos. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 20:45, 14 May 2017 (UTC)
sh₁-tós and séh₁-tis and séh₁-tus[edit]
Old English sǣd, etc. are currently derived from both sh₁-tós > sēdą and séh₁-tis > sēdiz
Latin satus is currently derived from both sh₁-tós and séh₁-tus