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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/péysks

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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

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Etymology

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    Limited to West Indo-European, which has led to some speculation of a substrate borrowing. Alternatively reconstructed as a vṛddhi derivative of a sḱ-present verb:

    Noun

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    *péysks m[6][7]

    1. (West Indo-European) fish
      Synonym: *dʰǵʰu- (eastern dialects, not including Albanian and Indo-Iranian)

    Inflection

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    Athematic, amphikinetic
    singular
    nominative *péysks
    genitive *piskés
    singular dual plural
    nominative *péysks *péyskh₁(e) *péyskes
    vocative *péysk *péyskh₁(e) *péyskes
    accusative *péyskm̥ *péyskh₁(e) *péyskm̥s
    genitive *piskés *? *piskóHom
    ablative *piskés *? *piskmós, *piskbʰós
    dative *piskéy *? *piskmós, *piskbʰós
    locative *péysk, *péyski *? *pisksú
    instrumental *piskéh₁ *? *piskmís, *piskbʰís

    Alternative reconstructions

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    Descendants

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    References

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    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The template Template:R:TOitPIEatPIEw does not use the parameter(s):
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      Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 146:*pik̂sk̂os ‘fish’ […] The Indic cognate is semantically far removed but is commonly justifed[sic] on the widespread folk association of the calf of the leg with the belly of a fish filled with roe.
    2. 2.0 2.1 Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Fisch”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN:ie. *peitsk-, *pitsk-
    3. 3.0 3.1 Seebold, Elmar (1970) “Fisch”, in Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen starken Verben (Janua Linguarum. Series practica; 85) (in German), Paris, Den Haag: Mouton, →ISBN, page 216:*peits-ko-
    4. ^ Fick, August (1890–1909) “pisk”, in Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 482
    5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*fiska-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142:*pisk-o-; *pisk-i-; *peisk-o-
    6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “peisk-, pisk-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 796:*piskos; *peiskos
    7. ^ Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018) “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2241:*pei̯sk-
    8. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “piscis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page PIt. *piski-; PIE *pisk-; *peisko-; *pisko- of 467-468