Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂yew-

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from the noun *h₂óyu ~ *h₂yéw-, from the root *h₂ey- (“vital force, life”).[1]

Root[edit]

*h₂yew-[1]

  1. straight, upright, right[2]
  2. right, justice, law

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂yew-‎ (11 c, 0 e)
  • *h₂yéw-os ~ *h₂yéw-es-
    • Proto-Italic: *jowos
      • Old Latin: ious
        • Latin: iūs (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hyáwš
  • *h₂yew-dʰ-os
    • Proto-Celtic: *yowdos
      • Proto-Brythonic: *jʉð (see there for further descendants)
  • *h₂yew-es-tos
  • *h₂yew-es-eh₂-ye-
  • *Hyewdʰ-[2]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Willi, Andreas (2001) “Lateinisch iubēre, griechisch εὐϑύς und ein indogermanisches Rechtskonzept”, in Historische Sprachforschung (in German), volume 114, number 1. H., →DOI, pages 117–146
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